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ARDEN KEITH RENVILLE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 25, 1946 – April 24, 1968
Service recordArden Keith Renville, of Sisseton, South Dakota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Sisseton, South Dakota (Roberts County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 49
- BRIAN HARDMAN PHILIBERTChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 24, 1968
- JAY DEE RICHTERSpecialist Four · April 24, 1968
- FRANK RUDOLPH SIMMONSLance Corporal · April 24, 1968
- JOHN HERSHEL SOUTHCaptain · April 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM GEORGE KEYESSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 46
From Sisseton
- GERALD L AADLANDSpecialist Four · May 30, 1968
- THEODORE MAGNUS HATLECorporal · June 23, 1969
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.