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RICHARD W ARNOLD
Specialist Six · U.S. Army
December 23, 1930 – March 13, 1966
Service recordRichard W Arnold, of Augusta, Maine, served as a Specialist Six in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Six (SP6)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Born
- December 23, 1930
- Home of record
- Augusta, Maine (Kennebec County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1966
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 2
- KENNETH A BODELLPrivate First Class · March 12, 1966
- HAROLD EDWIN STOELTChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 12, 1966
- JAMES WARREN BROWNPrivate First Class · March 13, 1966
- BRUCE BYERLY WARNERFirst Lieutenant · March 13, 1966
From Augusta
- EDWIN MATTI KAHKONEN JRLance Corporal · October 29, 1967
- GREGORY CORNELIUS QUINNPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- GILBERT STEVENS BELL JRSergeant · December 13, 1968
- RAYMOND JOSEPH BECHARDStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1969
- RONALD IRVING KIRKPATRICKSpecialist Four · July 16, 1969
- NORMAN JOSEPH CHAVARIECorporal · July 21, 1969
- GILBERT CRAIG TURNER JRStaff Sergeant · September 6, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER J CHILDS IIISpecialist Five · May 9, 1970
- RICHARD JAMES GOGGINSergeant · April 26, 1971
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.