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DIMITRIOS G ARNIOTIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 30, 1948 – March 27, 1969
Service recordDimitrios G Arniotis, of Jamaica, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 27, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 56
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- May 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Jamaica, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1969; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 56
- ROGER DUANE YOUNGSpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
- ROBERT LEE ANGLINSpecialist Four · March 27, 1969
- DONALD RAY ARNOLDPrivate First Class · March 27, 1969
- EVERETTE WAYNE BRIGGSPrivate First Class · March 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE ANGLINSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 56
- RENE ALDO BULLERPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 57
- WILLIAM DEBRECE CODYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 57
- EVERETT T CULPPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 58
- LOUIS KRIMMIT DIXONSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 58
- JOSEPH JAMES DOBYNESSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 59
- DAVID ELWOOD FLANNERYSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 60
- LEONARD CLARENCE IVY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 60
- OSCAR GIBSON JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 61
- ALLISON WAYNE LOCKLAIRSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 61
- BOBBY JOE WALTERSSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 64
- LESLIE WAYNE WORLSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 65
From Jamaica
- THOMAS JAMESSergeant · November 17, 1965
- REUBEN BUTCHERSergeant · May 14, 1966
- JOHN GREEN JRCorporal · May 24, 1966
- LESTER JONESPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- KENNETH PARTLOWAirman Second Class · August 27, 1966
- BRUCE MARTIN SMITHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1966
- VINCENT TORRESPrivate First Class · January 4, 1967
- ISRAEL ALICEAStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1967
- MOSES GREENSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- BARRY FRANCIS PRICELance Corporal · March 26, 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.