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WILLARD LEE ARNTZ
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 5, 1946 – October 18, 1968
Service recordWillard Lee Arntz, of Bernardsville, New Jersey, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 18, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 71
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Bernardsville, New Jersey (Somerset County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 71
- JOHN CHARLES YATESSecond Lieutenant · October 17, 1968
- BENITO V ALANIZCorporal · October 18, 1968
- CYRIL ANTHONY ALVERAZSergeant · October 18, 1968
- GARY WAYNE DOOLITTLEWarrant Officer 1 · October 18, 1968
From Bernardsville
- BRENDAN JOHN KEARNSAirman First Class · November 10, 1967
- WILLIAM LYNN WILLIAMSCorporal · February 11, 1971
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.