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ARDEN GENE SONNENBERG
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 3, 1948 – August 25, 1968
Service recordArden Gene Sonnenberg, of Kenosha, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 18
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- August 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Kenosha, Wisconsin (Kenosha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 18
- JERRY LLOYD DAVISSergeant · August 25, 1968
- PATRICK JOHN MCCORMICKCorporal · August 25, 1968
- GARRY MICHAEL MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- FRANCIS TRAINOR MULVEYCorporal · August 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM CHARLES LAWSONSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 17
- BYRON JOSEPH MITCHELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 46W, Line 17
- DANNY JOE MITCHELLPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 17
- PAUL HENRY PIRKOLAPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 20
- THOMAS EARL RICHEYSergeant First Class · Panel 46W, Line 21
- WILLIAM WAYNE SEAYSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 22
- JERRY LEE SIMMONDSCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 22
- EUGENE TURNERSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 24
- CLAUDE FRANKLIN VAUGHNSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 25
From Kenosha
- PEKKA TRUNKHAHNSpecialist Four · May 16, 1966
- WILLIAM RAY HILLCaptain · April 16, 1967
- JAMES LEE VANBENDEGOMStaff Sergeant · July 12, 1967
- RAY ARTHUR SCHOLDSpecialist Four · September 3, 1967
- RAYMOND EDWARD MILADINPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- RALEIGH L HEWITT IIWarrant Officer 1 · November 14, 1967
- JOEL ALOIS MATUSEKSecond Lieutenant · November 27, 1967
- JAMES E LYNNSergeant First Class · December 15, 1967
- MURRAY WAYNE VANLONE SRStaff Sergeant · January 20, 1968
- GERALD ROBERT ANDERSONSpecialist Four · February 4, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.