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MICHAEL LORRELL ARRANTS
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 13, 1948 – January 31, 1970
Service recordMichael Lorrell Arrants, of Austin, Texas, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 82
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Austin, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1970; nine of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 82
- DANIEL IRVIN MAMBRETTIPrivate First Class · January 30, 1970
- VERNON WAYNE WOODYCorporal · January 30, 1970
- JOHN LAWRENCE BEEKCaptain · January 31, 1970
- HENRY DANIEL BELL JRPrivate First Class · January 31, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN LAWRENCE BEEKCaptain · Panel 14W, Line 82
- PAUL BARKLEY BOWMANCaptain · Panel 14W, Line 83
- JERRY DAVID DENNYCaptain · Panel 14W, Line 83
- RONALD JOE FULTONChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 14W, Line 84
- ROGER LEE GIVENSSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 84
- NORWOOD ROLAND RICHARDSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 14W, Line 86
- JOHN THOMAS RODGERSSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 87
- JERALD DALE WESTSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 87
From Austin
- RONNY LOUIS WOODMANSEEFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- VICTOR FLORES JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE MORENOPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- ALLEN ROBERT SPINKSSpecialist Four · January 4, 1966
- ERIC SACKETTPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- DANIEL TIENDACorporal · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERSPrivate · April 18, 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.