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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Timothy George Arens.

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TIMOTHY GEORGE ARENS

Corporal · U.S. Army

July 31, 1947 – October 1, 1968

Service record

Timothy George Arens, of Appleton, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 1, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 42W · Line 52

Position of Panel 42W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Corporal (CPL)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
198 LIGHT INF BDE
Born
July 31, 1947
Home of record
Appleton, Wisconsin (Multiple County)

Casualty

Date of death
October 1, 1968
Age
21
Province
Quang Tin
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)

Context · from the records

What was happening

44 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 42W, Line 52

Same unit, same day

From Appleton

All 14 names from Appleton →

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.