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WILLIAM HENRY ARNOLD
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 20, 1938 – October 8, 1967
Service recordWilliam Henry Arnold, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 8, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 68
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- January 20, 1938
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 68
- RONALD L ANDREWSSergeant · October 8, 1967
- JAMES WALTER ARMSCorporal · October 8, 1967
- CARL ROBERT ARVINCaptain · October 8, 1967
- JOSEPH WRIGHT BAKERPrivate First Class · October 8, 1967
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
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.