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DANIEL LAWRENCE AAMOLD
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
August 23, 1951 – August 20, 1970
Service recordDaniel Lawrence Aamold, of Moorhead, Minnesota, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 20, 1970, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 124
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 23, 1951
- Home of record
- Moorhead, Minnesota (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1970; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 124
- FREDERICK WILLARD CROSSSpecialist Four · August 19, 1970
- FRANK ROCCO FRATELLENICOCorporal · August 19, 1970
- EVELIO ALFRED GOMEZPrivate First Class · August 19, 1970
- TERENCE MICHAEL KJOSPrivate First Class · August 19, 1970
From Moorhead
- ROBERT DARREL LARSONCaptain · February 2, 1962
- MELVIN JAMES STOCKDALESpecialist Five · January 29, 1966
- ALLEN JEROME RITTERPrivate First Class · May 22, 1966
- LAWRENCE K HINSCHBERGERPrivate First Class · June 24, 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.