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DONALD RAY ARNOLD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 8, 1948 – March 27, 1969
Service recordDonald Ray Arnold, of Greenville, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 27, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Greenville, North Carolina (Pitt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 28W, Line 56
- ROGER DUANE YOUNGSpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
- ROBERT LEE ANGLINSpecialist Four · March 27, 1969
- DIMITRIOS G ARNIOTISSpecialist Four · March 27, 1969
- EVERETTE WAYNE BRIGGSPrivate First Class · March 27, 1969
From Greenville
- TERRY WAYNE SUTTONPrivate First Class · February 24, 1968
- GRIFFIN ELI SCARBOROUGHCaptain · May 12, 1968
- WILLIE TUCKER JRLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- ROBERT DOUGLAS MOYECorporal · August 22, 1968
- GARY STEPHEN HODGESPrivate First Class · December 10, 1968
- RONNIE GILMAN ALCOCKPetty Officer Second Class · May 17, 1969
- RICHARD JAMES PARNELLSergeant · July 21, 1969
- RICHARD KEY GRAYChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 14, 1969
- WALTER LEE WILSON JRSergeant · February 24, 1970
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.