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JAMES PAUL ARRAIZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 7, 1933 – July 29, 1967
Service recordJames Paul Arraiz, of North Hollywood, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 14
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Communitions Chief (31G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 7, 1933
- Home of record
- North Hollywood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1967
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
184 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1967; seven of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 14
- ROBERT DARRELL ARNDTCorporal · July 29, 1967
- TONEY ANTHONY BARNETTPetty Officer First Class · July 29, 1967
- DENNIS MICHAEL BARTONLieutenant · July 29, 1967
- DEWEY LLOYD BEATTYCorporal · July 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT DARRELL ARNDTCorporal · Panel 24E, Line 14
- CECIL BENNY BRIDGESCorporal · Panel 24E, Line 16
- CURTIS DEAN ESKEWSergeant · Panel 24E, Line 22
- MARTIN MOSHER HUNTPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 28
- THOMAS LEE KEIRNSCorporal · Panel 24E, Line 30
- GEORGE NEW JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24E, Line 36
- HUGH NORWOODSergeant · Panel 24E, Line 37
From North Hollywood
- WILLIAM ALBERT REIDSpecialist Five · February 16, 1964
- JAMES IRVING PRATTPetty Officer First Class · February 25, 1965
- ROBIN ARTHUR RARIGPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- LLOYD TAYLOR RUGGEFirst Lieutenant · January 26, 1967
- EDWARD ROWAN REID JRPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- MICHAEL BRYAN GRIMESLance Corporal · March 22, 1967
- BRENT EUGENE MATHISStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- EDWARD MICHAEL CORNELLPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
- HUGH W CROSSStaff Sergeant · July 29, 1967
- GERALD PHILLIP PARKELSergeant · October 6, 1967
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.