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AARON TAWIL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 31, 1946 – November 17, 1968
Service recordAaron Tawil, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 17, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 5
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 31, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 5
- ALLEN JAMES RANKELance Corporal · November 17, 1968
- GERALD FRANCIS ROCKCorporal · November 17, 1968
- GEORGE CLAYTON ROWLAND JRFirst Sergeant · November 17, 1968
- MARTIN DEAN SHIELDSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALVAH WORRELL HENSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 1
- HAL RANDOLPH LONGSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 2
- MARTIN ELBY MENDOZASergeant · Panel 38W, Line 3
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.