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ARNOLD DEAN SYROVATKA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 4, 1948 – October 15, 1967
Service recordArnold Dean Syrovatka, of Ethan, South Dakota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 15, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Administrative Specialist (71L)
- Born
- November 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Ethan, South Dakota (Davison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1967. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 12
- ORVAL L SKIRVINSergeant First Class · October 15, 1967
- JOHN HERBERT SNYDERAirman Second Class · October 15, 1967
- DAVID JOHN SPINALISpecialist Four · October 15, 1967
- HUBERT STACKHOUSEPrivate First Class · October 15, 1967
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.