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ARNOLD PAUL SARNA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 4, 1946 – March 13, 1968
Service recordArnold Paul Sarna, of Livonia, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · 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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Livonia, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 208 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 40
- KENNETH WAYNE HAAKENSONPrivate First Class · March 13, 1968
- ANTONIO OROZCOPrivate First Class · March 13, 1968
- RAUL PENA-CLASSSpecialist Four · March 13, 1968
- MICHAEL JON SCOTTSpecialist Four · March 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LEON JOSEPH ATTERIDGE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 33
- DAVID LEE EDNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 35
- RUBEN NOAH TACKETTSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 41
From Livonia
- PATRICK JOSEPH CONNORSPrivate First Class · August 30, 1966
- MARVIN MERLE DICKSPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE EDWARDSPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- DWIGHT ELMER TIMBERLAKESpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- JOSEPH WILLIAM AXFORDLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- ARTHUR PERRY COPELANDLance Corporal · December 21, 1967
- JAMES A TILLEYSergeant · January 18, 1968
- JERRY ALAN WYMANSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- DENNIS JEROME SPECKSpecialist Four · July 23, 1968
- ROBERT GERALD TATELance Corporal · September 19, 1968
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.