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GARY WAYNE ARNOLD
Captain · U.S. Army
January 27, 1944 – April 11, 1968
Service recordGary Wayne Arnold, of Orlando, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 19
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (82162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 27, 1944
- Home of record
- Orlando, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 19
- KEITH NOEL ATCHLEYSpecialist Four · April 11, 1968
- RICHARD ATWOODPrivate · April 11, 1968
- ROBERT WINSLOW BELCHERCorporal · April 11, 1968
- LEONARD GEORGE CHESLEY JRHospitalman · April 11, 1968
From Orlando
- FREDERICK PETER CROSBYLieutenant Commander · June 1, 1965
- RYLAND WHITNEY DRAWDYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- MALCOLM EDWARD MILLICANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DORRIS ALBERT IVEYSergeant First Class · January 13, 1966
- JOHN DONALD HETTERLY SRSergeant · January 25, 1966
- ROBERT CURTIS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1966
- MARVIN FOY GOODMAN JRLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- RONALD ALLEN SAPPSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- CARY CRADDOCKSergeant · May 4, 1966
- ROOSEVELT HESTLE JRColonel · July 6, 1966
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.