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ALDON MACKAY ASHERMAN JR
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
July 27, 1945 – May 29, 1966
Service recordAldon Mackay Asherman JR, of Towanda, Pennsylvania, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 29, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 114
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 2 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- July 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Towanda, Pennsylvania (Bradford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1966; 21 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 114
- JACK RUSSELL KOONEPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- PHILIP NEIL MADDOXSergeant · May 28, 1966
- MICHAEL WILLIAM MULICKPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- LEROY ROBINSONPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
From Towanda
- JOHN GARTH TOWNERCorporal · December 26, 1965
- GEORGE B PEARSON IIIFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1966
- LEO EARL SEYMOURSergeant First Class · July 3, 1967
- MICHAEL THOMAS MAHONEYSpecialist Five · January 29, 1968
- BRIAN STUART KRILLPrivate First Class · July 21, 1968
- ROBERT NORMAN NORRISSpecialist Four · December 19, 1969
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.