Kevin John ARNOLD

ARNOLD, Kevin John

Service Number: 35956
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 2 Composite Ordnance Depot (SVN)
Born: Albury, New South Wales, 3 February 1935
Home Town: Albury, Albury Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Soldier
Died: Died of injuries, South Vietnam, South Vietnam, Vietnam, 21 June 1966, aged 31 years
Cemetery: Albury General Cemetery, NSW
RC Lawn - Area 3, Row E, Grave 13, Albury Cemetery, Albury, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Grafton Clarence Valley Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Kallangur Vietnam Veterans' Place, Port Pirie Vietnam Veterans Honour Wall, Seymour Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk Roll of Honour
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Vietnam War Service

28 May 1966: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 35956, 2 Composite Ordnance Depot (SVN), 2nd Composite Ordnance Depot
28 May 1966: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal

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Biography

 

Served in Vietnam From 25 May 1966 to 21 June 1966

Birth: Feb. 3, 1935
Albury
New South Wales, Australia
Death: Jun. 21, 1966, Vietnam

35956 Corporal Kevin John Arnold Age 31.
2nd Composite Ordnance Depot
Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps (RAAOC)
He was killed six weeks after arriving in Vietnam when he was run over by a fork lift truck at Vung Tau, Phuc Tuy Province, on June 21st 1966. He was a storeman, left a son and daughter.

Inscription:
35056 CORPORAL
K.J. ARNOLD
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARMY
ORDNANCE CORPS
21ST JUNE 1966 AGE 31

HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE ... DEARLY LOVED AND SADLY MISSED BY WIFE LORRAINE, SHARON AND FRANK

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