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DAVID L ARNOLD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 6, 1947 – March 30, 1966
Service recordDavid L Arnold, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 62
- PAUL STUART ASHLINEPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- MARK STEPHEN BLACKPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN BLANCHFIELDPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- BURTON ALEXANDER BLANTONCaptain · March 30, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR LEROY JAMESStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 65
- GIOVANNINO TUMMINIASpecialist Five · Panel 6E, Line 69
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.