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RICHARD ARELLANO SUPNET
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
March 17, 1952 – September 23, 1971
Service recordRichard Arellano Supnet, of San Francisco, California, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 23, 1971, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 24
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
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 17, 1952
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1971; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 24
- RALPH LINDSEY MCCOY JRPetty Officer Second Class · September 22, 1971
- DAVID LAWRENCE SHEAFFERSpecialist Four · September 22, 1971
- MELVIN DONALD BARNETTSpecialist Four · September 23, 1971
- DUANE ALLAN COTTRELLSpecialist Four · September 23, 1971
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 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.