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WILLIAM CIP ARIAS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 16, 1950 – November 27, 1970
Service recordWilliam Cip Arias JR, of National City, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 27, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 85
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 16, 1950
- Home of record
- National City, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 85
- MARVIN S ARTHINGTONFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1970
- ROBERT LEE BAKERMajor · November 27, 1970
- ALLEN JAMES BODINSergeant · November 27, 1970
- RAMON ANTONIO HERNANDEZCorporal · November 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RAMON ANTONIO HERNANDEZCorporal · Panel 6W, Line 85
From National City
- JACK WILSON CECILSpecialist Four · February 1, 1966
- ALBERT STEVEN HURTADOLance Corporal · September 19, 1966
- CURTIS LAMAR DUCKPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- DONALD RAY OKAMOTOLance Corporal · August 30, 1967
- JAMES D KENDALLSpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
- DAVID EUGENE NASHSergeant · June 9, 1968
- DAVID LESLIE THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 7, 1968
- HENRY GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
- GEORGE DAVID CHUNKOSpecialist Four · September 13, 1969
- JOHN DAVID REVIERFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1969
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.