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WILLARD DAVID ARNOLD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 5, 1947 – February 11, 1967
Service recordWillard David Arnold, of Oglethorpe, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator-Maintainer (31C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Oglethorpe, Georgia (Macon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 88 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 16
- GEORGE JAMES WIDGERPrivate First Class · February 10, 1967
- RONALD E BERRISFORDPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- WILLIAM C FORESpecialist Four · February 11, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HORTONSeaman · February 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MILES HENRY NELSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 15E, Line 17
- ABRAHAM B REESEPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 17
- RODERICK JAMES RODENBECKPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 17
- MARCUS DELMAR WHITESpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 18
From Oglethorpe
- CHARLES BUFORD JOHNSON JRCaptain · June 14, 1963
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.