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PHILLIP FRED ARNOLD
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
September 3, 1946 – May 17, 1970
Service recordPhillip Fred Arnold, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 55
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Cargo Helicopter Pilot (100C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 55
- GARY RICHARD WHITECorporal · May 16, 1970
- AUBREY WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · May 16, 1970
- SAMMIE EDWARD ALEXANDERSergeant First Class · May 17, 1970
- WAYNE BENNETTPrivate First Class · May 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- SAMMIE EDWARD ALEXANDERSergeant First Class · Panel 10W, Line 55
- PAUL ROGER BROWDERSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 56
- MICHAEL HARRY CORWINSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 56
- DAVID WALTER SMITHSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 57
- ROY ANDREW PETTY JRSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 58
- GEORGE CLIFTON SCHULTZ JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 10W, Line 58
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
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.