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REID CARLTON ARNOLD
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 15, 1947 – September 6, 1967
Service recordReid Carlton Arnold, of Largo, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 6, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 5
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- November 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Largo, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1967; 47 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 5
- KENNETH J KRAUSESpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- TERRY CHARLES WILLIAMSSergeant · September 5, 1967
- DONALD LEE BAKERPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- JESSIE LEE BARLOWStaff Sergeant · September 6, 1967
From Largo
- HARRY JOSEPH SHEPHERD JRSergeant · November 20, 1966
- JEFFERY DALE BOUTONPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 1967
- DAVID ALLEN STEPHENSSergeant · June 22, 1967
- DENNIS DEAN LOFTHEIMFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1967
- HOWARD WILLIAM SNITCHLERPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- STEPHEN FREDRICK TURNERSpecialist Four · June 18, 1968
- FRANKLIN IVAN BURRIS JRCorporal · August 9, 1968
- DOUGLAS WAYNE MCPHEEPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH GOLDENSpecialist Four · May 10, 1970
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.