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DONALD EDWARD ARNOLD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 2, 1948 – June 1, 1968
Service recordDonald Edward Arnold, of East St Louis, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1968, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 62W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62W · Line 19
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 2, 1948
- Home of record
- East St Louis, Illinois (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1968; two of them were lost in Vinh Long Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 62W, Line 19
- ROBERT JAMES SCHATZMANPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD WEST JRLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- SAMUEL WILLIAMSCorporal · May 31, 1968
- GLEN RAY BECKPrivate First Class · June 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JACK WAYNE CALFEEPrivate First Class · Panel 62W, Line 20
- MICHAEL JOSEPH CONRADYSpecialist Four · Panel 62W, Line 22
- DONALD DAVID MEISSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 4
- GEORGE RICHARD PROCTORStaff Sergeant · Panel 61W, Line 5
- FRANK EDWARD WILLIAMSSergeant First Class · Panel 61W, Line 9
From East St Louis
- MICHAEL ALLEN LYLESPrivate First Class · August 16, 1965
- MICHAEL K MATHISONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- ALLIE WILLIAM CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD HARVEYPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- FRED ALFRED BENNERSpecialist Five · April 13, 1966
- WILBUR DESMAR JACKSONStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1966
- RALPH BURTON COBBSLieutenant Commander · June 17, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL BERRYLance Corporal · July 22, 1966
- ARBAL ROLLINS JRLance Corporal · August 28, 1966
- EARL ELESTER IRVING JRSpecialist Four · September 11, 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.