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ARVIN LEE OQUINN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 10, 1947 – April 27, 1969
Service recordArvin Lee Oquinn, of Cliffield, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 27, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Cliffield, Virginia (Tazewell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 65
- LARRY DEAN LOWERYSpecialist Six · April 27, 1969
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM MAHURTERPrivate First Class · April 27, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCFARLANDSpecialist Five · April 27, 1969
- PHILLIP SHERMAN MOHNIKEChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM MAHURTERPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 65
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.