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ARNOLD BRUCE WIMBERLY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 6, 1946 – September 16, 1968
Service recordArnold Bruce Wimberly, of Highland Park, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · 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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Highland Park, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1968; eight of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 11
- WILLIAM HENRY WHITEFirst Sergeant · September 16, 1968
- JOHNNY BEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- MICHAEL EUGENE ADAMSCorporal · September 17, 1968
- ERNEST JOHN BAYNESPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH RAYMOND BROWNSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 2
- THOMAS EDWARD BUCKLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 2
- RALPH WARREN KUCHCINSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 6
- LOWELL EUGENE LUNZMANNSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 6
- JAMES RAY MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 7
- ALFRED VINCENT SCHOFIELDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 9
- ANTHONY ROBERT SIGNASpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 9
- DONALD EUGENE GLIMESergeant · Panel 43W, Line 10
- DALE ARTHUR MORROWSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 10
From Highland Park
- NELSON LLOYD HAYESSergeant · February 1, 1966
- ALBERT GEORGE HALLOWELLLieutenant · October 16, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT BURNETTLance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- BENNY FRANK NIMOXCorporal · July 2, 1967
- JESSIE FLOYD GREENE JRCorporal · October 28, 1967
- RICHARD THOMAS CLARKCorporal · September 13, 1968
- JERRY BAKERSpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
- THOMAS GARY HAGERPrivate First Class · June 17, 1970
- DAVID ALLIE SAIDESpecialist Four · November 16, 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.