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KEITH SAM ARNESON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 13, 1949 – May 1, 1970
Service recordKeith Sam Arneson, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- May 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 78
- FRANK MICHAEL VALENTINECorporal · April 30, 1970
- JAMES CONRAD ADAMSMajor · May 1, 1970
- JOHN HAROLD BARRETTSpecialist Four · May 1, 1970
- JAMES BUSHSergeant First Class · May 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PAUL MARION DAILEYCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 79
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 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.