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ARNOLD GLEN OAKES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 11, 1948 – January 23, 1969
Service recordArnold Glen Oakes, of Spencer, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 66
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Spencer, Tennessee (Van Buren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1969; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 66
- FRANK DAVID MOORMANStaff Sergeant · January 23, 1969
- JAMES RAYMOND MULVANEY JRSpecialist Four · January 23, 1969
- EDWARD PAUL OGDENSpecialist Four · January 23, 1969
- MICHAEL LESLIE OVIEDOCorporal · January 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PETER LEONARD ALAGNAPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 63
- KEITH NOLAND CANTRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 64
- DENNIS HAROLD GUTHRIESergeant · Panel 34W, Line 65
- EDWARD PAUL OGDENSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 66
- JERRY ALLEN PALMERPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 67
- BENEDICT JOHN TRIPODOCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 68
- CHARLES RUSSELL YATESCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 69
From Spencer
- LARRY LEON HODGESSpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
- THOMAS FRANKLIN ROGERS JRCorporal · November 17, 1969
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.