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DAVID KIM AASEN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 1, 1944 – August 22, 1967
Service recordDavid Kim Aasen, of Longview, Washington, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 22, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 27
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Longview, Washington (Cowlitz County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 27
- LARRY ROBERT WIEGERTCorporal · August 21, 1967
- EDDIE JAMES ALLENSergeant First Class · August 22, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN BALTHAZORCorporal · August 22, 1967
From Longview
- CLAUDE FREDRICK WEIDERMANSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- WILLIAM PETER WAGNER IIISecond Lieutenant · June 21, 1967
- GREGORY PAUL CURTISPrivate First Class · December 14, 1967
- LYNLEY LEE RASHSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- MILTON EARL SPEARSPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- GARY LEE WILKINSLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
- MICHAEL GEORGE RAYSpecialist Four · December 9, 1968
- BILLY BOB LEYERLEPrivate First Class · December 15, 1969
- DENNIS RAY SILVESANSergeant · May 24, 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.