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AARON BLANDING
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 5, 1945 – November 13, 1966
Service recordAaron Blanding, of Manning, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Manning, South Carolina (Clarendon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 65
- ROBERT L SHOCKEYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE RUITERPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
- CECIL WALKERCorporal · November 12, 1966
- JOHN DAVID BULGERPrivate First Class · November 13, 1966
- EDWARD CARROLASpecialist Four · November 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD CARROLASpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 65
- CLARENCE LEROY CASTOStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 66
- MOZIE LEE COLEPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 66
- SAMUEL DON DANNAPrivate · Panel 12E, Line 66
- JOSEPH XAVIER GRANTCaptain · Panel 12E, Line 67
- ROBERT WILLIS HATTONPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 67
- FRED RODRIGUEZ LIDERSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 67
- JAMES ROBERT ALL NORTHERNPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 67
- LOUIS WILLIAM POTEMPAPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 68
- JOHN ROBERT SCHULTZSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 68
- WILLIAM FORSYTH SPERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 68
- DONALD CHARLES VAUGHANSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 69
- RALPH O WATTSSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 69
- TERRY LEE WEBERPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 70
From Manning
- GEORGE IVISON MIMS JRCaptain · December 20, 1965
- HERSCHEL RUDOLPH WARDPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- JOHN COLEMAN ARDISStaff Sergeant · October 23, 1966
- GLEN ALLEN ZEIGLERSpecialist Four · January 10, 1968
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.