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ARNIM N BRAITHWAITE
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 26, 1946 – July 15, 1969
Service recordArnim N Braithwaite, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 123
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 26, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 21W, Line 123
- JOHN EDWARD BLINERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
- PAUL JOSEPH BRAGGLance Corporal · July 15, 1969
- STEPHEN JOHN BRENNANPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
- ADOLPHUS CHRISTOPHERFirst Sergeant · July 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM F ERICSON IIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 21W, Line 124
- JAMES HOWARD LEESpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 1
- HENRY R REYESSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 2
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.