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KENNETH HAROLD ARNOLD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 27, 1946 – March 7, 1967
Service recordKenneth Harold Arnold, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 33
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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 INF DIV
- Born
- August 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1967; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while Operation Junction City was under way. Operation Junction City (22 February–14 May 1967), in War Zone C along the Cambodian border, was the largest U.S. operation of the war to that time and included the only major American combat parachute assault of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 33
- CAROLD REX WAITESecond Lieutenant · March 6, 1967
- RICHARD WESSELLance Corporal · March 6, 1967
- BARRY ALAN ZAVISLANCaptain · March 6, 1967
- FREDRICO ARNADOStaff Sergeant · March 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN HERBERT SHALLAHPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 37
- LANNY GAYLE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 38
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 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.