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LANCE AARON DEROO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 21, 1950 – April 5, 1970
Service recordLance Aaron Deroo, of Colma, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 5, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 96
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
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- May 21, 1950
- Home of record
- Colma, California (El Dorado County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 96
- BRIAN LEROY BUKERSergeant · April 5, 1970
- CHARLES MICHAEL COBBCorporal · April 5, 1970
- CURTIS HENRY CROPPERLieutenant · April 5, 1970
- ELIGAH LAMAR DAVISPrivate First Class · April 5, 1970
From Colma
- PAUL RAY SETZERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1966
- GATLIN JERRYL HOWELLFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1967
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.