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ARTHUR JOHN RAMBO
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 16, 1944 – November 26, 1969
Service recordArthur John Rambo, of Libby, Montana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 26, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 126
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Libby, Montana (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 126
- TERRY LYNN REXROATPrivate First Class · November 26, 1969
- DAVID GERALD RITZPrivate First Class · November 26, 1969
- BARRY FRANK SCOTTSpecialist Four · November 26, 1969
- WILLIAM F VANCLEAVEPrivate First Class · November 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JON ANTHONY ALLENSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 123
- BARRY FRANK SCOTTSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 126
From Libby
- EDWARD NORMAN LETCHWORTHLieutenant (junior grade) · February 27, 1967
- LESTER WESLEY JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD WELCHSergeant · May 13, 1968
- STEVEN L BYINGTONSpecialist Four · July 13, 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.