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ARNO JOSEPH VOIGT
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
December 17, 1938 – June 4, 1970
Service recordArno Joseph Voigt, of New Braunfels, Texas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 11
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- December 17, 1938
- Home of record
- New Braunfels, Texas (Comal County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1970
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 11
- ROBERT ERICK UTHEMANNStaff Sergeant · June 4, 1970
- WILLIAM THOMAS WALLACE JRWarrant Officer 1 · June 4, 1970
- JOHN ELMORE WELLSSergeant · June 4, 1970
- HARRY TRUMAN WILSONSergeant · June 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MARK HENRY RIVESTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 9
From New Braunfels
- THOMAS EARL EDDYCaptain · June 26, 1966
- GEORGE ARRIAGA GARCIASpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
- VICTORIANO PEREZ SOSA JRPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- BENITO MORALESPrivate First Class · September 7, 1967
- EARNEST WESLEY CARAWAYSergeant · February 10, 1968
- CHARLES D CROCKETT JRCorporal · June 28, 1968
- EZEQUIEL TORRES JRPrivate First Class · October 28, 1969
- JESSE ALLAN WISDOMCaptain · February 6, 1970
- JOSE LUNA GONZALES JRPrivate First Class · September 4, 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.