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CARL ROBERT ARVIN
Captain · U.S. Army
January 19, 1943 – October 8, 1967
Service recordCarl Robert Arvin, of Ypsilanti, Michigan, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 8, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 68
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 19, 1943
- Home of record
- Ypsilanti, Michigan (Washtenaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 68
- RONALD L ANDREWSSergeant · October 8, 1967
- JAMES WALTER ARMSCorporal · October 8, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY ARNOLDCorporal · October 8, 1967
- JOSEPH WRIGHT BAKERPrivate First Class · October 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS WITHERSPOON JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 27E, Line 78
From Ypsilanti
- WILLIAM LENNINGTON BROWNLieutenant · July 9, 1965
- JACK MAYNARD HOPKINSCorporal · March 2, 1966
- HERMON EUGENE FULLER JRLance Corporal · September 25, 1966
- DAVID SCOTT PALMERHospitalman · July 5, 1967
- THOMAS LEONARD CLELANDSpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- KENDAL LEE BENNEY JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1967
- CHARLES WESLEY BIRDSpecialist Four · October 14, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN ALBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 4, 1967
- GRADY MERRIL JORDANSergeant First Class · December 24, 1967
- DANNIE LEWIS JOHNSONSergeant · December 30, 1967
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.