LIEUTENANT FROM KLICKITAT DIES IN ACTION IN VIETNAM
KLICKITAT -- Mr. and Mrs. Orville Arney of
Klickitat have received word that their son, 1st Lt. Randall N. Arney, was
killed in action in Vietnam last Friday.
Lt. Arney went to Vietnam for Army service last March.
He was 24 years of age.
He was a Klickitat High School graduate and a graduate
of Eastern Washington College, Cheney. His wife lives in Spokane with her
parents.
The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., July 25, 1968, page 13
WAR NEWS SADDENS AREA
By Mrs. Virgil Maupin
KLICKITAT -- The Viet Nam war, which often seems so far off to many
of us, came home to Klickitat with much sadness July 14 when the parents of
First Lt. Randall N. Arney, Mr. and Mrs. Orville Arney, were informed that
their son had lost his life in that conflict. Randall, who spent most of his
life here, graduated from Klickitat High School in 1962. In December of 1966
he and the former Carolyn Davis of Spokane were married in Klickitat at
Grace Lutheran Church; he then received his degree from EWSC in February of
1967 before reporting to Fort Benning, Ga. and Fort Bragg, NC for more
military training. He had been commissioned a 2nd Lt. on his graduation from
college.
To those of you who mourn him as a husband, son and brother, our
deepest sympathy and be assured there are many of us who mourn him as a
friend as we too will miss him.
The family has stated that those who wish may contribute memorials
Randall's name to the Chapel fund at Rainier School at Buckley, Wa. Final
arrangements are still pending at this writing.
The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., July 25, 1968, page 1
KLICKITAT BOY KILLED IN VIETNAM ON JULY 14TH
Word has been received here of the death of
Randall Arney, who was killed in action in Vietnam, July 14, 1968.
Randall Arney, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Arney,
of Klickitat, is the fourth serviceman from Klickitat County to lose his
life in Vietnam.
Among his survivors are his parents, and his wife
Carolyn, of Klickitat, formerly of Spokane.
This is the 2nd casualty from the town of Klickitat and
the other tow have been White Salmon and Bingen boys.
The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, OR., July 27, 1968, page 2
KLICKITAT MAN VICTIM OF VIETNAM WAR
By Mrs. Virgil Maupin
KLICKITAT -- The Vietnam war often seems so far off to many of us, but
its nearness came home to Klickitat with sadness when parents of First Lt.
Randall N. Arney, Mr. and Mrs. Orville Arney, were informed their son was a
casualty of that conflict. Randall spent most of his life here. He was
graduated from Klickitat High School in 1962. In December of 1966 he and the
former Carolyn Davies of Spokane were married here at Grace Lutheran church.
He then received his degree from E.W.S.C. in February of 1967 before
reporting to Fort Benning, Ga. and Fort Bragg, N.C. for more military
training. He had been commissioned on his graduation from college.
The family stated that those who wish may contribute
memorials Randall's name to the Chapel Fund at Rainier School at Buckley,
Wash.
The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., July 28, 1968, page 1
ARNEY OF KLICKITAT VIETNAM WAR FATALITY
Klickitat county suffered the fourth fatality of the Vietnam war
when word was received this week of the death of First Lt. Randall N. Arney
of Klickitat. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Arney and spent most of
his life in Klickitat. He graduated from Klickitat High School in 1962 and
was married to Carolyn Davis of Spokane in 1966.
In February of 1967 he received his degree from EWCS and reported to
Fort Benning, Ga. and Fort Bragg, NC for more military training. He was
commissioned as a Second Lt. on his graduation from college.
His family has stated that those who wish, may contribute memorials in
Lt. Arney's name to the chapel fund at Rainier School at Buckley, Wa.
The three previous fatalities included Mike Newbern, also of Klickitat
and Lonnie Wedrick and Terry Smith, both of White Salmon.
Mike Lutz, White Salmon, was injured critically in the conflict and is
now recuperating in a hospital in Japan, it was reported.
The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., August 1, 1968, page 5
RANDALL N. ARNEY
Funeral services for Lt. Randall N. Arney were held Monday morning,
July 29, at Grace Lutheran Church in Klickitat, followed by military
committal in the veterans section of the IOOF cemetery in Goldendale.
Lt. Arney was killed July 12, 1968, while on duty with the 101st
Airborne Division near Hue, Viet Nam. He had been on active duty as a
platoon leader in the Asian country since April 1.
Born December 31, 1943 in Aberdeen, Wa. Randall was the first of four
children to Orville S. and Twila Arney. For years later the family moved to
Klickitat where Randall attended school. He was graduated from Klickitat
High School in 1962. He was a four-year letterman, active in football,
basketball and baseball. He was active as a member of the student council,
secretary of his senior class and was a Boys State representative in his
junior year.
At Eastern Washington State College he was a member of Intercollegiate
Knights and Scarlet Arrow, and in the Army ROTC program. He received his
Bachelor of Arts degree in education March 17, 1967.
On December 18, 1966 he was a united in marriage to Carolyn Linda Davis
of Spokane in services held at Grace Lutheran church, Klickitat.
He is survived by Mrs. Arney, Spokane; his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Orville Arney, and sister, Bernice, all of Klickitat; a sister, Mrs. Fred
(Gayle) Tresner, Vancouver; a brother, Bruce, Buckley, Wa.; grandfather,
Dick Evans, and other relatives.
The Rev. Hugo Larson officiated at the service. Pallbearers were Bud
Clarence, Christopher Neils, Tom Jones, John Maupin, George Herion and
Dustin Van Vleet.