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JAMES WARREN ARVIDSON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
November 18, 1944 – August 2, 1968
Service recordJames Warren Arvidson, of Aitkin, Minnesota, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 47
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Aitkin, Minnesota (Aitkin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 47
- JOSEPH ALFRED ALBRECHTPetty Officer First Class · August 2, 1968
- WALTER JOHN ALYEAPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
- RAFIEL AVILACorporal · August 2, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH MCGLEWLance Corporal · August 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD CHARLES BAKEWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 50W, Line 48
- RICHARD IRVING BORNHEIMERSpecialist Five · Panel 50W, Line 48
From Aitkin
- RANDALL JAMES WICKLACESpecialist Four · January 16, 1969
- ANDREW FRANK KOKESHCorporal · June 21, 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.