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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault.
Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Herbert Arviso.

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HERBERT ARVISO

Sergeant · U.S. Army

October 13, 1948 – October 26, 1969

Service record

Herbert Arviso, of Farmington, New Mexico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 17W · Line 119

Position of Panel 17W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Armor Crewman (11E)
Unit (as recorded)
4 INF DIV
Born
October 13, 1948
Home of record
Farmington, New Mexico (San Juan County)

Casualty

Date of death
October 26, 1969
Age
21
Province
Binh Dinh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Burns/Smoke Inhalation

Context · from the records

What was happening

21 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 17W, Line 119

Same unit, same day

From Farmington

All 14 names from Farmington →

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.