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JOHN OLIVER ARNN
Major · U.S. Army
August 21, 1923 – December 26, 1965
Service recordJohn Oliver Arnn, of Kingman, Arizona, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- August 21, 1923
- Home of record
- Kingman, Arizona (Mohave County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1965
- Age
- 42
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4E, Line 39
- RICHARD LYNN JOSSENDALLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- CARL ROBERT STEFFENPrivate First Class · December 25, 1965
- MARVIN MARK BELTSergeant · December 26, 1965
- EDWARD LEONARD LOWEPrivate First Class · December 26, 1965
- LOUIS RAYMOND RALEIGHMajor · December 26, 1965
Same unit, same day
- CARL HARVEY TORELLOSergeant First Class · Panel 4E, Line 40
From Kingman
- DERRILL LEE BURNSIDECaptain · May 3, 1971
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.