Arthur Hernandez
Corporal
C CO, 2ND BN, 506TH INFANTRY, 101ST ABN DIV, USARV
Army of the United States
Big Spring, Texas
August 17, 1949 to April 01, 1971
ARTHUR HERNANDEZ is on the Wall at Panel W4, Line 99

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Arthur Hernandez
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16 Oct 2004

Arthur was a 1968 graduate of Big Spring High School, Big Spring, Texas. He joined the Army in the summer of 1970. He completed infantry AIT and parachute training. He was killed in an non-hostile accident on April 1, 1971 in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam. He was buried with full military honors in his home town of Big Spring, Texas. He is honored by the Big Spring Vietnam Memorial and by the Permian Basin Vietnam Veterans' Memorial located at the Midland, Texas International Airport. May his sacrifice not be forgotten.


 

A Note from The Virtual Wall

Charlie Company, 2nd of the 506th Infantry, lost four men in an accident on 01 Apr 1971:
  • SGT Jerry K. Bobbitt, Citrus Heights, CA
  • CPL John W. Anders, Waldron, MO
  • CPL James D. Davis, Overton, NE
  • CPL Arthur Hernandez, Big Spring, TX

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