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AARON HAROLD WESTERN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 8, 1944 – June 16, 1965
Service recordAaron Harold Western, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 16, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 11
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Basic Infantryman (0300)
- Born
- July 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 11
- JACKIE WILLARD SANFORDMajor · June 16, 1965
- JOHN ROBERT SCHUMANNMajor · June 16, 1965
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
- ANTHONY PHILL CHRISTOPHERLance Corporal · August 25, 1965
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.