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JAMES RAYMOND AARDE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 8, 1944 – December 29, 1966
Service recordJames Raymond Aarde, of Kent, Washington, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 29, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 95
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Kent, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 95
- LUECO ALLEN JRPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- LEE V BEARDENSpecialist Four · December 29, 1966
- MICHAEL R BROWNPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- HERBERT JAMES GABRIELPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
From Kent
- ALLEN FRANK SCRANTON JRPrivate First Class · June 5, 1966
- FREDRICK MARLTON BINDERCorporal · June 27, 1966
- GEORGE MICHAEL TAYLORSpecialist Four · May 20, 1967
- CLIFFORD OTIS WARECorporal · January 14, 1968
- DAVID JOEL SCHULTZPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- PATRICK LEE DEWATERLance Corporal · September 8, 1968
- GREGORY JEROME NICCOLILance Corporal · February 4, 1969
- GEORGE MICHAEL BINNSSpecialist Four · March 3, 1969
- ROBERT RAY SANFORDPrivate First Class · July 20, 1969
- EDWARD ROWE SMILEY JRSpecialist Four · December 4, 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.