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The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., July 28, 1968, page 1

ARNEY OF KLICKITAT VIETMAN 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., July 25, 1968, page 13

WAR NEWS SADDENS AREA
By Mrs. Virgil Maupin

KLICKITAT -- The Viet Nam war, which often seems so far off too 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, where 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 EWCS 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 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 dirty 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.