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AARON L BRAM
Captain · U.S. Army
June 19, 1936 – December 17, 1966
Service recordAaron L Bram, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on December 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 174 ASLT HEL CO 14 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP AMER DIV
- Born
- June 19, 1936
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1966
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “174 ASLT HEL CO 14 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP AMER DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 49
- CURTIS LEE JETERPrivate First Class · December 16, 1966
- BILLY LEONARDSpecialist Four · December 16, 1966
- CEASAR BRYANTSergeant · December 17, 1966
- RICHARD LEE CAROTHERSPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM LEONARD SEASTROMSpecialist Five · Panel 13E, Line 56
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.