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ARNOLD HOSEA SULLIVAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 9, 1946 – January 8, 1968
Service recordArnold Hosea Sullivan, of Northport, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 2
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- April 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Northport, Alabama (Tuscaloosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quang Duc Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 2
- MICHAEL EUGENE VAUGHTLance Corporal · January 8, 1968
- VERNON BERNABE VENEGASCorporal · January 8, 1968
- ANTHONY RONALD WATKINSSecond Lieutenant · January 8, 1968
- JOSEPH MICHAEL WATSONLance Corporal · January 8, 1968
From Northport
- JIMMY B TAYLORSergeant · April 2, 1966
- CARL BROWNSpecialist Four · November 18, 1966
- JOHN ALBERT HAMNERPlatoon Sergeant · February 13, 1967
- BILLY WELLSSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- WOODROW WILSON BISHOP JRSpecialist Four · May 5, 1969
- OTIS CARTHAGE JRCorporal · December 28, 1969
- DONALD RICHARD WHITEWarrant Officer 1 · May 13, 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.