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DAVID ROSS AIKEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 3, 1946 – September 23, 1966
Service recordDavid Ross Aiken, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 2
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 51 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 2
- EMANUEL FRANK DRUMMOND JRStaff Sergeant · September 23, 1966
- ROBERT WILTON GARTH JRCaptain · September 23, 1966
- LLOYD LEE GOODINGPrivate First Class · September 23, 1966
- SALVATORE GUARINOSergeant · September 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND E FLEMING JRPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 1
- LLOYD LEE GOODINGPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 2
- PAUL GORDON HAZENSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 3
- FRANK CHARLES HUBICSAKPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 3
- JIMMY ALVIN JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 11E, Line 3
- ANTONIO RICHARD OSUNASergeant First Class · Panel 11E, Line 4
- WILLIAM MACKS SHETRONSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 4
- CARMELO ROMAN-AGUILARPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 5
- JOSEPH THOMAS WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 5
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.