Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: L Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 24-Jan-1949
Hometown: Salt Lake City, Utah
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 20-Mar-1968
Start of tour: 18-Aug-1968
Incident date: 19-Jul-1969
Date of casualty: 19-Jul-1969
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Hostile, Died. Small Arms Fire. Gun or small arms fire.
Brent Larsen Arveseth was killed while a crew member of a military vehicle on a combat operation when a hostile force was encountered. / Gunner on Armored Cavalry Assault Vehicle (ACAV) on security mission when engaged hostile force in firefight.
Location of fatality: Binh Long, South Vietnam, XT 742 791
Place of interment: Larkin Sunset Gardens Cemetery, Sandy, Utah, USA
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