More detail on this person: Austin
American-Statesman (TX) - Monday, July 10, 1995
U.S. Army Col. Robert A. Arnet, age 66, of Austin
died Friday July 7, 1995.
He was the son of U.S. Coast Guard Cmd. (Ret.)
Sverre S. Arnet and Jenny B. Arnet. He was a
distinguished graduate from the New Mexico
Military Institute in 1951. Col. Arnet was a
veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars where he
was awarded many meritorious awards: Legion of
Merit with Three Oak Leaf Clusters; Distinguished
Flying Cross; Soldier's Medal; Bronze Star Medal
with V Device and Three Oak Leaf Clusters; Air
Medal with Numerals 14; Meritorious Service Medal
with One Oak Leaf Cluster; Purple Heart; Army
Commendation Medal with One Oak Leaf Cluster;
Office of the Secretary of Defense Identification
Badge; General Staff Identification Badge; United
Nations Service Medal; National Defense Service
Medal with One Oak Leaf Cluster; Korean Service
Medal with Three Bronze Service Stars; Republic of
Korea Presidential Unit Citation; Master Army
Aviator Badge; Vietnam Service Medal with One
Silver and One Bronze Service Star; Vietnamese
Civil Actions Honor Medal, First Class with Oak
Leaf Device; Two Vietnamese Crosses of Gallantry
with Palm; and Republic of Vietnam Campaign
Medal. He completed his military career proudly
serving as G-1 of HHC III Corps at Fort Hood,
Texas, where he retired in 1978.
Survivors include his wife, Nadine Arnet of
Austin; sons, Robert A. Arnet, Jr. and wife,
Sally, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and James A. Arnet and
wife, Sherry, of Grand Rapids, Michigan; daughter,
Anita Ann Arnet of Austin; and five grandchildren,
Stewart, Amanda, Abby, Christopher and Preston.
The family will receive visitors from 3:00 to 7:00
p.m. Sunday at Amey Funeral Home.
Services are pending at Fort Sam Houston on
Tuesday.
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