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DAVID LE ROY ARENS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 15, 1946 – June 16, 1967
Service recordDavid Le Roy Arens, of Kirkland, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 111
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Kirkland, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1967; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 111
- DENNIS ALAN COMBSSpecialist Five · June 16, 1967
- TERRY LEWIS CONLEYPrivate First Class · June 16, 1967
- PORFIRIO ELIAS ELIASPrivate First Class · June 16, 1967
- WARREN HARDY JRCorporal · June 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH EARL HAMMACSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 112
- DAVID PAUL OPLINGERSergeant · Panel 21E, Line 114
- EUGENE SESTERCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 115
From Kirkland
- CLANCY GEORGE DRAKECaptain · December 9, 1965
- GAIL WARD THOMSENPrivate First Class · November 7, 1967
- HARRY ERNEST SMITHPrivate First Class · April 8, 1968
- JAMES DAVID NANSELPrivate First Class · July 8, 1968
- JAMES ARTHUR CLEVELANDSergeant · July 20, 1968
- ARCHIE HUGH MCDANIEL JRCorporal · July 24, 1969
- JEFFREY LEE HULBERTCorporal · August 21, 1969
- DAVID NELSON HEBERTPrivate First Class · October 25, 1969
- DAVID LINDFORD NELSONCaptain · March 5, 1971
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.