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JOHN CRAIG ARNOLD
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 9, 1945 – March 20, 1967
Service recordJohn Craig Arnold, of Quincy, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 20, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 117
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- August 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Quincy, Illinois (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 117
- DONALD WESLEY WALTERSSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- JOHNNY LEE WASHBURNSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- RODNEY RICHARD WEEDSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM BROWN JRSecond Lieutenant · March 20, 1967
From Quincy
- WILLARD MARION COLLINSCaptain · March 9, 1966
- GORDON SAMUEL PERISHOLieutenant Commander · December 31, 1967
- KENNETH ALFRED SPILKERPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- DENNIS KEITH JONESSpecialist Four · May 12, 1968
- MICHAEL EUGENE FORDSpecialist Four · May 25, 1968
- THOMAS MICHAEL WHITFIELDCorporal · November 25, 1968
- RICHARD ELMER ZIMMERMANPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
- BRADLEY KENT GAUSCorporal · March 16, 1970
- BRUCE HAROLD BARDONPrivate First Class · April 26, 1970
- GEORGE EDWARD FOGLEMANCorporal · May 11, 1970
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.