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ARNOLD PAIRIS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 26, 1933 – April 18, 1968
Service recordArnold Pairis, of Columbia, South Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 40
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
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 26, 1933
- Home of record
- Columbia, South Carolina (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1968
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 40
- THOMAS JUNIOR LAWSONSpecialist Five · April 18, 1968
- JOSE ANGEL LOPEZ JRHospitalman · April 18, 1968
- STEFAN MAZAKSergeant First Class · April 18, 1968
- CECIL LAVON RENDERSpecialist Four · April 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BERNARD LYLE FOXSergeant · Panel 50E, Line 38
- GARY EDWARD RUSHASpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 42
- JOHNNY ROBERT WEBBPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 43
From Columbia
- EARTHELL TYLERSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LUIS BELT R LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- EDDIE KENNETH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- THOMAS JASPER MAULDINStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MACMICHAELSergeant First Class · September 17, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD WALTERSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- CARROLL U THOMPSONCaptain · November 11, 1966
- DOUGLAS THOMAS JRAirman · August 4, 1966
- FORDHAM E FINCH JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- RICHARD BELTON BROCKMANCaptain · January 17, 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.