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EUGENE LEONARD ARANDA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 25, 1945 – September 24, 1965
Service recordEugene Leonard Aranda, of Anadarko, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 24, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 93
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Anadarko, Oklahoma (Caddo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 93
- DAVID TIESON GRAHAM JRCorporal · July 11, 1965
- GEORGE LEONARD SHOOK JRPrivate First Class · September 22, 1965
- DAVID ALLEN MORGANStaff Sergeant · September 23, 1965
- GEOFFREY HOLMES OSBORNLieutenant (junior grade) · September 24, 1965
From Anadarko
- JOHN ARTHUR EDDYChief Warrant Officer 3 · May 4, 1966
- JAMES LARRY MCBRIDELance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- WALTER RAY RIDDLEPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- ALBERT JOSEPH SMITHLieutenant Colonel · June 16, 1969
- RONALD JACK WARDColonel · December 18, 1972
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.