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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Edward Ray Arnwine.

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EDWARD RAY ARNWINE

Private First Class · U.S. Army

June 16, 1943 – August 24, 1968

Service record

Edward Ray Arnwine, of Chillicothe, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 47W · Line 59

Position of Panel 47W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
4 INF DIV
Born
June 16, 1943
Home of record
Chillicothe, Texas (Hardeman County)

Casualty

Date of death
August 24, 1968
Age
25
Province
Pleiku
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

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What was happening

56 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.

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Also on Panel 47W, Line 59

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.