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DARRELL WAYNE ASPEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 26, 1946 – February 27, 1970
Service recordDarrell Wayne Aspey, of Belton, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Belton, Missouri (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 60
- ARCHIE CARL WABSCHALL IIIPetty Officer Third Class · February 26, 1970
- PETER ROBERT WIESNEIFSKIPrivate First Class · February 26, 1970
- JOHN MICHAEL WIKESpecialist Four · February 26, 1970
- GEORGE ALBERT YOUNGPetty Officer Third Class · February 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FRANK MARTIN BACACorporal · Panel 13W, Line 61
From Belton
- CARL WILLIAM HUDGINS JRPetty Officer Second Class · June 8, 1969
- ROBERT LOUIS FRASCHWarrant Officer 1 · August 21, 1970
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.