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DONALD LEONARD ARCAND
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 13, 1946 – September 1, 1965
Service recordDonald Leonard Arcand, of Lowell, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 1, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 70
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Lowell, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 70
- JOHN WILLIAM LAKECorporal · August 24, 1965
- JACK DANIEL LANELLISpecialist Five · August 31, 1965
- JAMES MCNALLY MITCHELL JRFirst Lieutenant · August 31, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- ROBERT EUGENE RIEDELPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
From Lowell
- WILLIAM THOMAS CALLERYPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH CARVILLESpecialist Four · May 1, 1966
- PETER TSIROVASILESPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
- RUDOLPH H LEFEBVRE JRCorporal · July 18, 1966
- JOSEPH LEO VALLEEPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
- PAUL LEO STEWARTStaff Sergeant · February 22, 1967
- PETER NICHOLAS SAMARASMajor · March 19, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS BIGELOWPrivate First Class · September 12, 1967
- BRUCE RAYMOND BAXTERMaster Sergeant · November 8, 1967
- RICHARD JOSEPH KELLEYFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1968
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.