Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: G Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11E – Armor Crewman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 13-May-1949
Hometown: Portland, Oregon
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 19-Feb-1969
Start of tour: 14-Aug-1969
Incident date: 1-May-1970
Date of casualty: 1-May-1970
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Hostile, Died. Unknown. Other causes.
Keith Sam Arneson was killed while gunner on a military vehicle on a combat operation when a hostile force was encountered. / Gunner on Armored Cavalry Assault Vehicle (ACAV) on reconnaissance in force mission. Engaged hostile force in firefight.
Two Blackhorse troopers died in this incident:
SP4 Keith Sam Arneson
CPL Paul Marion Dailey
Location of fatality: Cambodia, XT 485 964
Place of interment: Skyline Memorial Gardens, Portland, Oregon, USA
View this soldier‘s Find a Grave page (opens in a new window)