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LE ROY FRED ARELLANO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 5, 1947 – June 22, 1968
Service recordLe Roy Fred Arellano, of Santa Cruz, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 22, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Santa Cruz, California (Santa Cruz County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 17
- STEPHEN ARCHIE WALKERSergeant · June 21, 1968
- JERRY DELBERT ABEYTACorporal · June 22, 1968
- JOHN DAVID BABINSACKStaff Sergeant · June 22, 1968
- JOSE EMILI BENITEZ-RIVERAPrivate First Class · June 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSE EMILI BENITEZ-RIVERAPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 17
- FREDDY GREENESpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 18
- TATE TALMAGE HACKNEY IIIStaff Sergeant · Panel 55W, Line 18
- RONALD SAUNDERSSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 19
- DARYEL JOE YOUNGPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 19
From Santa Cruz
- DARYL LAVERNE KEENPetty Officer Third Class · July 16, 1965
- VINCENT LOCATELLIPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- STEPHEN MARK PASHMANPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- LEO BUDDY BUCKHOLDTPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- RAINFORD TIFFINMajor · July 21, 1966
- RONALD JOE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · December 17, 1966
- RONALD RUNYAN KINGLieutenant Colonel · October 3, 1967
- JACK WILEY MCKINNON JRSpecialist Four · January 3, 1968
- WILTON RAY PICKETTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- GEORGE WALTER SKAKELSergeant · March 6, 1968
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.