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AARON VINSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 3, 1949 – September 14, 1970
Service recordAaron Vinson, of Trumann, Arkansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 14, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 64
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- September 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Trumann, Arkansas (Poinsett County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 64
- ALBERT FRANK AMMANNFirst Lieutenant · September 15, 1970
- LARRY FRANKLIN DAVISSergeant · September 15, 1970
- DAVID FRANKLIN FREEMANSergeant · September 15, 1970
- HAROLD LEE MACDONALDSpecialist Four · September 15, 1970
- LEE DAVID MEADOWSPrivate First Class · September 15, 1970
From Trumann
- BOBBY GENE HASTINGSPlatoon Sergeant · November 20, 1967
- TERRY WAYNE BIRMINGHAMSergeant · January 2, 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.