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RICHARD MICHAEL ARNOVITZ
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 15, 1946 – August 30, 1969
Service recordRichard Michael Arnovitz, of Mckeesport, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 30, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- May 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Mckeesport, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 10
- MARVIN JEAN BUTTERFIELDChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 30, 1969
- RONALD BRUCE CHURANFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1969
- DUANE ALAN CLEFISCHSpecialist Four · August 30, 1969
- ROBERT VERNON GRAYChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 30, 1969
From Mckeesport
- NORMAN WALLACE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- MICHAEL JOSEPH NEMCHICKPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- MICHAEL DENNIS PLISKAPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS BROOKS JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- THOMAS JOHN WINKELVOSSStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1966
- TYRONE GREGORY BURSEPrivate First Class · August 5, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD WESTPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
- DAVID LLOYD GEORGE MOSERStaff Sergeant · October 6, 1966
- GREGORY FRANCIS POPOWITZLance Corporal · January 24, 1968
- CURTIS TAYLOR GAYSpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
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.