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HENRY T ARAGON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 26, 1942 – August 23, 1967
Service recordHenry T Aragon, of Waipahu, Hawaii, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 32
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 26, 1942
- Home of record
- Waipahu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 32
- ROCKE DARRELL RAMSEYLance Corporal · August 22, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD SCHLOTTMANSpecialist Four · August 22, 1967
- CICERO WHITFIELD JRSpecialist Four · August 22, 1967
- GERALD FORD CARROLLPrivate First Class · August 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL P MOSBACHPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 34
From Waipahu
- TONY R ARRIAGASergeant · May 6, 1966
- ABRAHAM PANGANORANStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1967
- RODNEY SALVADOR CANTOHOSCorporal · February 13, 1968
- EUGENE CHARLES WIREGunnery Sergeant · February 23, 1968
- JOSEPH SAROCAMSergeant First Class · September 18, 1968
- ANDRES BALAIStaff Sergeant · December 16, 1968
- LARRY MELVIN ALCOSSpecialist Four · February 16, 1969
- THOMAS RICHARD ROOTSergeant · July 27, 1969
- FRANKLIN DANIEL SIBAYANSpecialist Four · July 28, 1969
- ROBERT K SPILLNERStaff Sergeant · August 18, 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.