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ARNOLD RAYMOND DIEKEMA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 27, 1947 – November 23, 1968
Service recordArnold Raymond Diekema, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 42
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 42
- THOMAS GERALD DICKERSONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1968
- ELMER EUGENE FREESECorporal · November 23, 1968
- HAROLD LEE GLOVERCorporal · November 23, 1968
- DONALD LAWRENCE GOLDSMITHSpecialist Four · November 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID IVAN BRIGGSSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 40
- JAMES CLARK CARLSONPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 40
- JOHN WAYNE COLBERTPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 41
- LESLIE A LEWISPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 43
- MICHAEL NELSON LOITZFirst Lieutenant · Panel 38W, Line 44
- RICHARD ALLEN MILKSSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 44
- GRADY RAY NELSONSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 45
- ROBERT JOHN NIXONPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 45
- FRANK SANFILIPPOPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 46
- RICHARD CRAIG STEVENSSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 47
- JOSEPH DANIEL SZIDORPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 47
- TERREL JAMES VIDRINEPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 47
- MITCHEL RAY TYLERPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 48
- CARL J WINTERCaptain · Panel 38W, Line 48
From Grand Rapids
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
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.