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ARISTON R TALAN JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 14, 1937 – May 5, 1967
Service recordAriston R Talan JR, of Kaneohe, Hawaii, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 14, 1937
- Home of record
- Kaneohe, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 46
- JOE HENRY SAMANIEGOStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1967
- DONALD JAMES SHEEHYSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- JAMES WALTER SMITHSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH THOMASSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOAQUIN ARZUAGASergeant · Panel 19E, Line 42
- PAUL J HICKSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 19E, Line 43
- MELVIN ONEAL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 44
- EDWARD JOSEPH WEIDENBACHChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 19E, Line 44
- JOSEPH PAUL RANDOPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 45
- GARY WAYNE RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 45
- DONALD JAMES SHEEHYSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 46
- PIKE POWERS MAYOPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 47
- FRANK CHICO TORRES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 47
- WILLIAM ERNEST WHITE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 47
From Kaneohe
- WAYNE ALLEN ARAKAKIPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- ELIAS MAULILI KAUHANESergeant First Class · August 25, 1966
- BERNARD PALENPA HOOPII JRStaff Sergeant · December 12, 1966
- MERRIL ANDREW MCKILLIPSpecialist Four · February 10, 1967
- EDWARD SATORU YAMASHIROSpecialist Four · June 7, 1967
- FREDERICK JARRETTPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- HOY EARL CHUI MUN AUPrivate First Class · February 22, 1969
- JERRY KAOPUA BRIGHTERSpecialist Four · February 22, 1970
- WILLIAM NAKI IIISpecialist Four · January 15, 1971
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.