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DAVID KEITH AESCHLIMAN
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
May 17, 1949 – January 16, 1970
Service recordDavid Keith Aeschliman, of Camden, Michigan, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1970, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 37
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Camden, Michigan (Hillsdale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1970; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 37
- WILLIAM BUGOSHSpecialist Four · January 15, 1970
- GREGORY JOSEPH THOMASSergeant · January 15, 1970
- TOMMY RAY WARRENMajor · January 15, 1970
- RICHARD LYLE BLOWERSPrivate First Class · January 16, 1970
From Camden
- WARREN LEROY ANDERSONColonel · April 26, 1966
- LARRY DALE MYERSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
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.