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Casualty Info
Home Town Fort Smith, AR
Last Address Coalgate, OK
Casualty Date Mar 26, 1967
Cause MIA-Finding of Death
Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location Vinh Binh (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
Wall/Plot Coordinates 17E 050 / Section 3 Site 2137-L
The 83rd Division insignia consists of a monogrammatic design in gold spelling out the word "O-H-I-O" on a black triangular background. The insignia was selected during World War I because the division contained mostly Ohio draftees. Even though the division changed from an Ohio outfit to one representing the 48 States, the insignia still remains; however, a new nickname "Thunderbolt", was selected while the division was holding on the Rhine opposite Dusseldorf.