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JOHN HERRICK ALDRICH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 22, 1945 – June 20, 1969
Service recordJohn Herrick Aldrich, of Sheridan, Wyoming, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Sheridan, Wyoming (Sheridan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1969. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 95
- LUIS JOSE SIMANCASPrivate First Class · June 19, 1969
- JAMES THOMAS WOODSSergeant · June 19, 1969
- JOSE FRANCISCO ARROYOSpecialist Four · June 20, 1969
- THEODORE ELLIS BALTEZORESpecialist Four · June 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LEON LAVERNE LANINGERStaff Sergeant · Panel 22W, Line 98
- TIMOTHY ALLEN SHOBERPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 101
From Sheridan
- PHILIP OWEN ROBINSONLieutenant (junior grade) · March 25, 1966
- WALTER JUNIOR WASHUTCorporal · May 20, 1967
- KENNETH LLOYD BROWNSergeant · July 10, 1967
- GARY DUANE FOXCorporal · May 24, 1968
- KENNETH WALTER KINGPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
- DONALD LEE FORDSpecialist Five · November 22, 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.