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ARNOLD TILMAN RIDER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 3, 1930 – April 3, 1970
Service recordArnold Tilman Rider, of Marietta, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 90
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
- Utilities Engineering Supervisor (51P)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- July 3, 1930
- Home of record
- Marietta, Georgia (Cobb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1970
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1970; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 90
- THOMAS JOSEPH SILVASpecialist Four · April 3, 1970
- WILLIAM THOMAS SMITHCorporal · April 3, 1970
- RICHARD LEE WILKERSONSpecialist Four · April 3, 1970
- JOHN WILLIAM WILSONFirst Lieutenant · April 3, 1970
From Marietta
- WILLIAM BAYLES CAWTHORNESecond Lieutenant · June 30, 1964
- ROY LEE CASTLEBERRYPetty Officer Second Class · May 24, 1967
- JOEL CLYDE ROPERPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY MCCOLLUMPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- JOHNNY JUERGEN JUNKINSCorporal · March 8, 1968
- WILLIE EDWARD GLOVERPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- PATRICK HENRY COOK JRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE HERRENCorporal · May 27, 1968
- KIRBY LYNN HAMBYSpecialist Four · June 8, 1968
- EUGENE RICHARDSON IIILance Corporal · June 21, 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.