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RANDALL NAVE ARNEY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 31, 1943 – July 12, 1968
Service recordRandall Nave Arney, of Klickitat, Washington, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 12, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 31, 1943
- Home of record
- Klickitat, Washington (Klickitat County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 17
- RONALD JOE TEBBESergeant · July 11, 1968
- ROLAND NATHANIEL BARNABYSpecialist Five · July 12, 1968
- JAMES LEROY BROWNLance Corporal · July 12, 1968
- FRANK REGINALD CAUTHENCorporal · July 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- NORVELL JOHNATHAN WEBBSpecialist Four · Panel 52W, Line 21
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.