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RODNEY KEITH ARNOLD
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
August 14, 1947 – April 25, 1970
Service recordRodney Keith Arnold, of Milwaukie, Oregon, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 48
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. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Milwaukie, Oregon (Clackamas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1970; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 48
- NORMAN DALE ADKINSPrivate First Class · April 25, 1970
- MICHAEL GEORGE BAZELSpecialist Four · April 25, 1970
- JAMES HARRISON BROOKS JRSergeant First Class · April 25, 1970
- RONALD GREER CLINEPrivate First Class · April 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES HARRISON BROOKS JRSergeant First Class · Panel 11W, Line 48
- JAMES THADDEUS CONWAYSpecialist Six · Panel 11W, Line 49
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MAYBERRYSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 51
- WILLIAM RUSSELL MCKIBBENCaptain · Panel 11W, Line 51
From Milwaukie
- ROBERT JAMES PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- WAYNE CONRAD REINECKEPetty Officer Third Class · January 12, 1967
- DAVID LAWRENCE COOPERPetty Officer Third Class · May 13, 1967
- MICHAEL JEFFERSON GREELEYPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- WILLIAM JOHN BLOCKPrivate First Class · February 12, 1968
- LARRY ALBERT IANNETTASpecialist Five · March 29, 1968
- DONALD RAYMOND SCHAFERSeaman Apprentice · May 1, 1968
- DAVID FRED POPPChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 14, 1969
- LARRY ERNEST DIKEMANCorporal · May 31, 1969
- DANIEL IRVIN MAMBRETTIPrivate First Class · January 30, 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.