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ROBERT D ARNALL
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 6, 1950 – December 28, 1970
Service recordRobert D Arnall, of Bell, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 28, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Bell, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 12
- JERRY EDWARD HANCOCKLance Corporal · December 27, 1970
- BRADLEY ELLIOTT SANDFORDFirst Sergeant · December 27, 1970
- DAVID LEE TEMPLETONSpecialist Four · December 27, 1970
- CARVER JOE VAUGHANSergeant · December 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH WAYNE GRIFFINCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 13
From Bell
- WINFORD MCCOSARLance Corporal · March 6, 1968
- PHILIP SMITH JRSergeant · May 22, 1968
- GLENN PAUL MCADOOSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- THOMAS GUY BURGECaptain · January 28, 1969
- CHARLES DOUGLAS ANNISLance Corporal · April 9, 1970
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.