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JOHN ROBERT ARRINGTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 13, 1948 – December 27, 1967
Service recordJohn Robert Arrington, of Columbus, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 68
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Columbus, Indiana (Bartholomew County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
88 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 32E, Line 68
- DONALD LEE APPLEGATEPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- RICHARD WAYNE BANNISTERPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- LAWRENCE MERRIDITH BARNESLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- GEORGE BINKOPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD NELSON EDDYSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 71
- MICHAEL DAVID FULLERPrivate · Panel 32E, Line 72
- FRANCIS DAVID GREENWOODPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 72
- BRUCE HALLSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 72
- MOSE HEGLER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 72
- TED DELANE HOLLIMAN JRCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 73
- DAN THOMAS KLINDTPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 76
- IRVILLE J KNOXPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 76
- MICHAEL JAMES MINORCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 79
- BEN OWENSSergeant · Panel 32E, Line 79
- GARY RALPH SCHWELLENBACHCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 81
From Columbus
- JERRY WAYNE DOWNSSpecialist Four · September 19, 1966
- CHARLES DENNIS CHOMELPrivate First Class · June 11, 1967
- BRUCE RANDALL HARRISPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- ALBERT L CAMPFIELDSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- GREGORY CHARLES WEISNERPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- MARVIN EUGENE MONROESpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- STEVEN DALE BURTONSergeant · March 31, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL HALEPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- ROBERT DEAN CODYPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- JOSEPH DEAN MACYSpecialist Four · April 13, 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.