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ARLIN WAYNE KOEHN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 23, 1948 – March 3, 1969
Service recordArlin Wayne Koehn, of Helena, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 26
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Helena, Oklahoma (Alfalfa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 26
- JACOB CLARK LAANSpecialist Four · March 3, 1969
- VERNON EUGENE LAIL JRSpecialist Four · March 3, 1969
- AUSTIN CLIFFORD LANELance Corporal · March 3, 1969
- HARRY BATON SEEDES IIIPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JOHN CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 20
- PAUL DONALD COOKEPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 20
- WILLIAM CLYDE STINSON JRLieutenant Colonel · Panel 30W, Line 32
- BRUCE WAYNE THOMPSONSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 32
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.