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AARON BERNARD SPALDING
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 11, 1945 – June 26, 1967
Service recordAaron Bernard Spalding, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 26, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 67
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 2 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- December 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1967; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “HS CO 2 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 67
- KYLE SMIDDYSergeant · June 26, 1967
- DALE CHARLES ALLENSecond Lieutenant · June 27, 1967
- LAWRENCE EDWARD BACHSpecialist Four · June 27, 1967
- JAMES AUBREY BLAKLEYLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.