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RICHARD ROLAND ARSENAULT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 6, 1943 – May 26, 1972
Service recordRichard Roland Arsenault, of Southbridge, Massachusetts, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1972, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 33
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 6, 1943
- Home of record
- Southbridge, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1972
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1972; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In May 1972, 113 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
He died in Hua Nghia Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 33
- HENRY HOOKER STRONG JRCaptain · May 25, 1972
- CHARLES DONNETTE GIPSONStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1972
- LARRY KANE MORROWSergeant · May 29, 1972
- GERALD DOUGLAS SPRADLINWarrant Officer 1 · May 29, 1972
From Southbridge
- JAN KRAWCZYKCorporal · September 24, 1967
- PAUL EUGENE POIRIERSergeant · April 13, 1968
- HARRY WILLIAM ANDERSON JRSpecialist Four · October 8, 1968
- GARY ALFRED RUSTSpecialist Four · November 11, 1968
- VINCENT F SABATINELLICaptain · July 25, 1969
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.