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ARTHUR PAUL KONEVAL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 29, 1927 – March 31, 1969
Service recordArthur Paul Koneval, of Rensselaer, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 31, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 99
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Teletypwriter Repairer (31J)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 29, 1927
- Home of record
- Rensselaer, New York (Rensselaer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1969
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1969; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 99
- MELVIN HUBBARD CONNER JRLance Corporal · March 31, 1969
- EDWARD BARTHOLOMEW LAMASergeant · March 31, 1969
- PETER MARY NEELance Corporal · March 31, 1969
- JAMES CHARLES OSHEAPrivate First Class · March 31, 1969
From Rensselaer
- RAYMOND ANTHONY RANELLUCCIPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- ROBERT GEORGE CUMMINGS JRSpecialist Six · September 17, 1966
- WILLIAM VINCENT SHORTSSpecialist Four · December 4, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MOORE JRSpecialist Four · January 1, 1970
- LANNY GUY LADOUCEURFirst Lieutenant · May 19, 1970
- KENNETH EARLSTON OLIVERCorporal · August 12, 1970
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.