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AARON HARTNESS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 10, 1936 – May 7, 1968
Service recordAaron Hartness, of Fluvanna, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 24
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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- June 10, 1936
- Home of record
- Fluvanna, Texas (Scurry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 24
- PATRICK MICHAEL GOBLEPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- THOMAS GORESergeant First Class · May 7, 1968
- JAMES WOOD GRANTSpecialist Four · May 7, 1968
- BEN JOHN GREENESergeant · May 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALONSO ARAGON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 19
- ROGER DALE CAULEYSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 19
- DONALD JAMES MATTARO JRCaptain · Panel 56E, Line 26
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.