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JOSEPH PHILLIP ARRINGTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 11, 1945 – January 27, 1967
Service recordJoseph Phillip Arrington, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 84
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 84
- EDWIN LLOYD YOUNGMANHospitalman · January 26, 1967
- RUSSELL MICHAEL ZGRABIKCorporal · January 26, 1967
- ARMAND JAMES AUFIEREPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS BANKOWSKISpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN FRANCIS BANKOWSKISpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 84
- JOSE JULIO BOYLESSPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 85
- RICHARD JOHN MOSLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 87
- LEROY W PEAGLERSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 88
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
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.