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GREGORY WAYNE AULTMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 5, 1951 – November 2, 1970
Service recordGregory Wayne Aultman, of Rantoul, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 2, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 33
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- August 5, 1951
- Home of record
- Rantoul, Illinois (Champaign County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 33
- PAUL SIRIANNI JRPrivate First Class · October 31, 1970
- WALTER LAWRENCE MAURERSergeant · November 1, 1970
- JOSEPH EARL ROHLINGERSpecialist Four · November 1, 1970
- ERHARD JIMMIE ADAMSSergeant · November 2, 1970
From Rantoul
- THOMAS WADE DUERChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 23, 1968
- HERMAN LEROY MCINTIREPrivate First Class · November 5, 1968
- DONALD WOODROW SMITHSergeant · May 10, 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.