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ISMAEL BENITO ARANDA
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 6, 1949 – August 31, 1969
Service recordIsmael Benito Aranda, of Trinidad, Colorado, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 31, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 13
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- August 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Trinidad, Colorado (Las Animas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 13
- ERNIE LEE WALLENPrivate First Class · August 30, 1969
- RICHARD THOMAS WILHELMCorporal · August 30, 1969
- DOUGLAS ALVIN BENNETTSpecialist Five · August 31, 1969
- JEROME EARL BOWERSSpecialist Four · August 31, 1969
From Trinidad
- JOSEPH THOMAS MARTINFirst Sergeant · May 11, 1967
- ANTHONY WILFRED ROYBALSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- HENRY ELOY CASIASSergeant · February 4, 1968
- RODGER ALAN BLATNICKLance Corporal · November 27, 1968
- PETER VINCENT MESTASSpecialist Four · October 19, 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.