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ARNOLD ALVIN ADES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 12, 1949 – July 3, 1968
Service recordArnold Alvin Ades, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 3, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 39
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 12, 1949
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 39
- CLARENCE CECIL RATLIFFMajor · July 2, 1968
- HENRY ALBERT TIPPINGColonel · July 2, 1968
- RONALD GENE WHITE SRSpecialist Five · July 2, 1968
- JAMES JOSEPH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · July 2, 1968
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 1966
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.