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GALEN LEROY ARSENEAU
Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
August 23, 1930 – March 3, 1967
Service recordGalen Leroy Arseneau, of St Anne, Illinois, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 3, 1967, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 6
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 23, 1930
- Home of record
- St Anne, Illinois (Kankakee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1967
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1967; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 6
- ADAM EDWARD WERSCHINGSergeant · March 2, 1967
- STEVEN JACK ADAMSPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- RONNIE DARNELL ADCOXLance Corporal · March 3, 1967
- CHARLES BYRON ALANDTPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
From St Anne
- HARVIE G SMITHSpecialist Four · August 30, 1967
- OTTAWAY LARSON WILLIAMSSergeant · December 12, 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.