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ARNOLD WINFIELD BARDEN JR
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
April 2, 1946 – September 20, 1971
Service recordArnold Winfield Barden JR, of San Diego, California, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 20, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 20
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Born
- April 2, 1946
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1971; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 20
- LYNN JONESSpecialist Five · September 19, 1971
- FREDRICK ANTHONY THACKERSpecialist Five · September 19, 1971
- GERALD FRANK VILASWarrant Officer 1 · September 19, 1971
- RUEBEN THOMAS ARAGONSpecialist Four · September 20, 1971
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 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.