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ARNOLD LEE BOLINDER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 15, 1947 – May 3, 1968
Service recordArnold Lee Bolinder, of Grantsville, Utah, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 23
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Grantsville, Utah (Tooele County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1968. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 23
- ROBERT DOUGLAS AVERYCaptain · May 3, 1968
- PAUL LEROY BARKERPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
- LONNIE ALLAN BROOKSSergeant · May 3, 1968
- JACK CRAIG CARCLAYCorporal · May 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL LEROY BARKERPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 23
- DANIEL FRANK FENNEWALDSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 25
From Grantsville
- JOHN RUSSELL OAKEYSpecialist Five · June 8, 1966
- LYLE THOMAS MOORESpecialist Four · January 14, 1969
- RICHARD CRAIG JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · April 2, 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.