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ROBERT ARNOLD
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 8, 1939 – August 18, 1968
Service recordRobert Arnold, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 18, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 36
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- January 8, 1939
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 36
- STEPHEN MEREDITH TULLYSergeant · August 17, 1968
- THEARTIS WATTS JRPrivate First Class · August 17, 1968
- BILLY LEO WILSONPrivate First Class · August 17, 1968
- RICHARD EDWARD ADDISON JRPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
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.