MICHAEL L ARRANTS
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HONORED ON PANEL 14W, LINE 82 OF THE WALL

MICHAEL LORRELL ARRANTS

WALL NAME

MICHAEL L ARRANTS

PANEL / LINE

14W/82

DATE OF BIRTH

10/13/1948

CASUALTY PROVINCE

TAY NINH

DATE OF CASUALTY

01/31/1970

HOME OF RECORD

AUSTIN

COUNTY OF RECORD

Travis County

STATE

TX

BRANCH OF SERVICE

ARMY

RANK

2LT

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LEFT FOR MICHAEL LORRELL ARRANTS
POSTED ON 4.28.2021
POSTED BY: john fabris

honoring you...

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. It is especially tragic that you perished so shortly after your deployment to Vietnam. Another life taken way too soon.
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POSTED ON 10.13.2019
POSTED BY: Dennis Wriston

I'm proud of our Vietnam Veterans

Second Lieutenant Michael Lorrell Arrants, Served with Company B, 25th Aviation Battalion, 25th Infantry Division, United States Army Vietnam.
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POSTED ON 3.20.2019

Final Mission of 2LT Michael L. Arrants

About 10:00 AM on January 31, 1970, a U.S. Army helicopter UH-1H (tail number 68-15462) from B Company, 25th Aviation Battalion, 25th Infantry Division, was conducting a visual reconnaissance mission seven miles southeast of Thien Ngon Airfield in Tay Ninh Province, RVN, when the crew learned that friendly forces in the area had come under intense enemy fire. The aircraft responded by volunteering to fly over the hostiles and drop tear gas on their positions. Despite the intense enemy fire, the aircraft continued to make low-level passes over the hostile positions, silencing several of them until it was hit by small arms fire and crashed. The helicopter was totally destroyed when it exploded and burned on impact. Four crewmen and three passengers were killed in crash. The lost crew included aircraft commander CW2 Ronald J. Fulton, pilot 2LT Michael L. Arrants, crew chief SGT Jerald D. West, and gunner SGT John T. Rodgers; the lost passengers were CPT John L. Beek, CPT Paul B. Bowman, and CPT Jerry D. Denny. Beek, Bowman, and Denny were Chemical Combat Service Support Officers from Headquarters & Headquarters Company (HHC), Division Support Command, 25th Infantry Division. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org, vhpa.org, and CPT Beek’s Distinguished Flying Cross citation; also from the 25th Aviation Battalion S2/S3 Log for January 31, 1970]
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POSTED ON 10.1.2016
POSTED BY: Lucy Conte Micik

Remembered

DEAR LIEUTENANT ARRANTS,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS A ROTARY WING AVIATION UNIT COMMANDER - PILOT. SOMEONE I CARED ABOUT WAS BORN ON YOUR BIRTHDAY. REST IN PEACE.
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POSTED ON 11.30.2013
POSTED BY: Curt Carter [email protected]

Remembering An American Hero

Dear 2LT Michael Lorrell Arrants, sir

As an American, I would like to thank you for your service and for your sacrifice made on behalf of our wonderful country. The youth of today could gain much by learning of heroes such as yourself, men and women whose courage and heart can never be questioned.

May God allow you to read this, and may He allow me to someday shake your hand when I get to Heaven to personally thank you. May he also allow my father to find you and shake your hand now to say thank you; for America, and for those who love you.

With respect, and the best salute a civilian can muster for you, Sir

Curt Carter
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