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BRENT LARSEN ARVESETH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 24, 1949 – July 19, 1969
Service recordBrent Larsen Arveseth, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- January 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 17
- THOMAS LEO WISNIOWICZPrivate First Class · July 18, 1969
- WILLIAM THOMAS BASS JRPrivate First Class · July 19, 1969
- DENNIS MICHAEL BELONGERPrivate First Class · July 19, 1969
- MICHAEL ROSS MCCANNPrivate First Class · July 19, 1969
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 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.