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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Louis Broward Arnold.

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LOUIS BROWARD ARNOLD

Sergeant · U.S. Air Force

January 30, 1942 – October 29, 1967

Service record

Louis Broward Arnold, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 29, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 28E · Line 95

Position of Panel 28E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Regular
Born
January 30, 1942
Home of record
Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)

Casualty

Date of death
October 29, 1967
Age
25
Province
Binh Long
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

21 names on the Wall carry the date October 29, 1967; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 28E, Line 95

From Jacksonville

All 202 names from Jacksonville →

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.