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ARENA RICHARD M DELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 10, 1947 – April 1, 1970
Service recordArena Richard M Dell, of Egg Harbor City, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 66
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Egg Harbor City, New Jersey (Atlantic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 66
- CARL EUGENE BARNETTCorporal · April 1, 1970
- BILLY PAT CARLISLECorporal · April 1, 1970
- CARTER WAYNE DOWDStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1970
- DAVID GEORGE DRAGOSAVACSergeant · April 1, 1970
From Egg Harbor City
- NORMAN JAMES VANDERSKISpecialist Four · November 25, 1967
- FREDERICK CURTIS MARSHSergeant · April 17, 1970
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.