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GERALD DAVID AITON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 27, 1946 – April 29, 1968
Service recordGerald David Aiton, of Centralia, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 45
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Centralia, Washington (Lewis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1968; seven of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 45
- IVOL MICHEAL YORKSergeant · April 28, 1968
- WILLIAM E ZIMMERMAN JRFirst Lieutenant · April 28, 1968
- LYLE ERNEST ALLEN JRCorporal · April 29, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE ANDERSONSergeant · April 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR F MCQUADE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 53E, Line 5
From Centralia
- ROBERT MOFFETT DOWLINGChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 12, 1966
- JESSE LEE HARRISStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1966
- GARY ALLEN DIEUPrivate First Class · January 28, 1967
- KENNETH HANS RUDCaptain · February 6, 1967
- DAVID STANLEY PRICESergeant · March 11, 1968
- ELMER ODELL WRAYMaster Sergeant · November 13, 1968
- DENNIS RAY WEGNERSergeant · December 10, 1968
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.