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ELDRIDGE CHAR AIGELDINGER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 28, 1947 – August 27, 1966
Service recordEldridge Char Aigeldinger, of Havertown, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 27, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 49
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- June 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Havertown, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 49
- JOHN WILLIAM JOYSStaff Sergeant · August 26, 1966
- CHARLES F WHITFIELD JRPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
- ARTHUR PAUL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
- FRANCIS JOHN ALBERTSSergeant · August 27, 1966
From Havertown
- EDWARD LEON ROMIGLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
- EDWARD JOHN RAFFERTYStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1967
- ALONZO R TOALMajor · January 6, 1968
- DENNIS LOUIS MAGRIESpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- WILLIAM ARTHUR THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH WEISSSecond Lieutenant · May 18, 1968
- KENNETH EDWARD LEONARDSpecialist Four · September 15, 1969
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.