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GEORGE LEE AIKIN
Captain · U.S. Army
July 31, 1947 – October 9, 1969
Service recordGeorge Lee Aikin, of Wilmington, Delaware, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 9, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 53
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Wilmington, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1969; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 53
- MICHAEL LEON STIGLICHSergeant · October 8, 1969
- JEROME MILTON TAYLORPrivate First Class · October 8, 1969
- ROBERT JAMES WATKINS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 8, 1969
- LAWRENCE DALE ACREMajor · October 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN PATRICK BRENNANCaptain · Panel 17W, Line 54
- OWEN TETSUMI HIRANOChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 17W, Line 56
- CHARLES DAVID JAGELERCaptain · Panel 17W, Line 56
- ROBERT SCOTT MASON JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 17W, Line 57
- GREG BRADFORD SCOTTSpecialist Five · Panel 17W, Line 58
- RICHARD ALAN SMITH SRSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 58
- DANNY RAY SPENCERSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 59
- TONY MARIA VASQUEZSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 60
- JIMMY RAY GARBETTSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 122
- JAMES HENRY TURNERSpecialist Five · Panel 7W, Line 124
From Wilmington
- WILBERT RUDOLPH BUTLERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- FREDERICK E SMITHPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- EDMUND LAWRENCE SUDLERSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- JAMES VOELKEL DONNELLYSpecialist Four · March 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD PORTERSergeant · April 8, 1966
- ROBERT NIELSEN TAMSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL BOWMANPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- JAMES JOSEPH CONNELLLieutenant Commander · July 15, 1966
- WOLFRAM WALTHER BISCHOFSergeant First Class · February 13, 1967
- LOUIS ANTHONY LEATHERBURYPrivate · March 24, 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.