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CHARLES EDWARD AARON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 12, 1948 – May 5, 1970
Service recordCharles Edward Aaron, of Forge Village, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 98
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- December 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Forge Village, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1970; two of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 98
- WAYNE LOUIS TORSIELLOSergeant · May 4, 1970
- MICHAEL ANTHONY VANCOSKYLance Corporal · May 4, 1970
- LARRY LANCE WATKINSPrivate · May 4, 1970
- DOUGLAS NELSON WINFREYCaptain · May 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RAMON LEE GRAYSONSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 101
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.