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FRANCIS LOREN ARB
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 16, 1943 – June 1, 1967
Service recordFrancis Loren Arb, of Melvern, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 25
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Melvern, Kansas (Osage County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 25
- GARY PAUL STEFFUSPrivate First Class · May 31, 1967
- JERALD ANTHONY VOKISHPrivate First Class · May 31, 1967
- PAUL DOUGLAS WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · May 31, 1967
- JAMES WESLEY ASHBYPetty Officer Third Class · June 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM G COATSMajor · Panel 21E, Line 26
- JAMES R SIMPSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 21E, Line 30
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.