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JAY STEVEN ASTON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
May 16, 1949 – July 18, 1971
Service recordJay Steven Aston, of Rocky River, Ohio, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 109
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Rocky River, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 109
- ALLEN JOHN DYERWarrant Officer 1 · July 17, 1971
- JOHN HENRY LOPOCHONSKY JRSpecialist Four · July 17, 1971
- ALLEN EARL NOBLESpecialist Four · July 17, 1971
- GREGORY IRVING SAHLBERGSpecialist Four · July 17, 1971
From Rocky River
- THOMAS EDWARD GILLIAMLieutenant (junior grade) · August 22, 1967
- JOHN PATRICK MASTERSONLance Corporal · May 25, 1968
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.