Arapaho native Alvin M. Hatfield III posing on a piece of equipment while stationed at Camp Carrol Artillery Base during the Vietnam War. He was stationed in Vietnam from February 1968 to February 1969. CDN | Courtesy photo
Alvin M. Hatfield III grew up in Arapaho and graduated from high school in 1966.
While attending Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Sayre, Hatfield was drafted into the Army in August of 1967.
Hatfield served as part of the Artillery in Vietnam from February 1968 to February 1969, and was stationed at Camp Carrol on the southern edge of the DMZ. He fired support for the 3rd Marine Division at…
