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ARVIN DOUGLAS PENNELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 30, 1940 – May 25, 1966
Service recordArvin Douglas Pennell, of Nederland, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 109
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 30, 1940
- Home of record
- Nederland, Texas (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 109
- ROBERT GERALD HUNTERFirst Lieutenant · May 25, 1966
- JOHN DAVID KRAMERSecond Lieutenant · May 25, 1966
- RICHARD HOWARD ROYERFirst Lieutenant · May 25, 1966
- BOBBY JOE BAREFIELDPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
From Nederland
- JOHN CARNUL MYATTPrivate · May 10, 1963
- JAMES P FERGUSONSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
- BOBBY GENE VINSONColonel · April 24, 1968
- WILLIAM TERREL MCNAIRMajor · September 17, 1969
- JAMES GEORGE HOWARD JRFirst Lieutenant · June 1, 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.