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FRANCIS IGNATIUS ARNETT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 18, 1939 – February 13, 1968
Service recordFrancis Ignatius Arnett, of Sea Cliff, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 18, 1939
- Home of record
- Sea Cliff, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1968; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 16
- MAX RUSSELL BEAVERPrivate First Class · February 12, 1968
- RONNIE LEE ADAMSSergeant · February 13, 1968
- JAMES CHRISTOPHER ALBERTINICorporal · February 13, 1968
- LARRY ANDERSONPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY WAYNE BARNARDSergeant · Panel 39E, Line 17
- ROBERT JOHN CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 18
- DONALD HUSTON COLEMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 39E, Line 18
- DONALD LETASecond Lieutenant · Panel 39E, Line 22
- HARRY FRANK EDWARD PEEPLESSergeant · Panel 39E, Line 24
- ALEX ROBERT TOLPAROFFSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 27
From Sea Cliff
- IRWIN LEON EDELMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1969
- CARL RICHARD DICEMajor · December 8, 1969
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.