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DAVID EMIL AILI
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
September 24, 1932 – December 12, 1967
Service recordDavid Emil Aili, of Ironwood, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 12, 1967, in Thailand, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 83
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 24, 1932
- Home of record
- Ironwood, Michigan (Gogebic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 12, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1967. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 83
- JERRY MARCO ROBERTSSpecialist Four · December 11, 1967
- DENNIS MICHAEL STEVENSCorporal · December 11, 1967
- DENNY ALBERT BATTYSpecialist Four · December 12, 1967
- WALTER EDWARD MURPHY JRSpecialist Four · December 12, 1967
From Ironwood
- JACK WILLIAM GRANDAHLSpecialist Four · February 13, 1968
- JOHN DANIEL SHERMOSSergeant First Class · November 11, 1968
- REGNOLD JOSEPH LACOSTLance Corporal · June 23, 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.