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LEROY BENJAMIN AIKEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 21, 1950 – April 25, 1972
Service recordLeroy Benjamin Aiken, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1972, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 21, 1950
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1972
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1972; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In April 1972, 106 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 6
- KENNETH JOSEPH YONANMajor · October 21, 1971
- JAMES EDWARD HUNSICKERFirst Lieutenant · April 24, 1972
- JOHNNY MACK JONESFirst Lieutenant · April 24, 1972
- ROBERT WALLACE BROWNLEE JRColonel · April 25, 1972
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.