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DEAN L AITKEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 28, 1950 – May 4, 1970
Service recordDean L Aitken, of Vernal, Utah, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 96
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Vernal, Utah (Uintah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1970; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 96
- FLOYD WATSEL LAMB JRSpecialist Four · May 4, 1970
- ARMANDO CERVERA LUNACorporal · May 4, 1970
- LARRY FRANKLIN MATTINGLYFirst Lieutenant · May 4, 1970
- RICHARD WALTER PAQUETTESergeant · May 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DEAN LOUIS BONNEAUWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 94
- TOMMY L KEARSLEYChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 11W, Line 95
- LARRY FRANKLIN MATTINGLYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 11W, Line 96
- RODNEY ALAN TAYLORSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 97
- LARRY LANCE WATKINSPrivate · Panel 11W, Line 98
- DOUGLAS NELSON WINFREYCaptain · Panel 11W, Line 98
From Vernal
- RICHARD AUGUST HEINPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- GARY DODDS HALLSpecialist Five · March 4, 1968
- WILBERT DWAYNE KANOSHCorporal · January 30, 1969
- ROBERT LYNN UFFORDStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1970
- ROY WILLIAM GARDINERSpecialist Four · April 18, 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.