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JAMES DOWNING AALUND
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 11, 1945 – February 28, 1970
Service recordJames Downing Aalund, of Houston, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 66
- CORNELIUS TERRYCorporal · February 27, 1970
- DANIEL ALBERT ALEGREStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1970
- CHARLES RICHARD BAGGETTStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1970
- SHERMAN BOCHNEWETCH IIFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH MICHAEL FLASHNERCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 68
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.