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LILO ELMER ALDOUS
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 30, 1942 – September 15, 1968
Service recordLilo Elmer Aldous, of Ogden, Utah, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 60
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 30, 1942
- Home of record
- Ogden, Utah (Weber County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 60
- CHARLES WILLIAM SETHSpecialist Four · September 14, 1968
- PHILLIP WARREN TOMPKINSPrivate First Class · September 14, 1968
- HARRY WILLIAM UNDERWOODPrivate · September 14, 1968
- ROBERT PAUL WALSHSpecialist Four · September 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LEE COOPERSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 62
- FRANK WARREN CROSSChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 44W, Line 62
- ROBERT L FOSTERSergeant · Panel 44W, Line 63
- HARRY B HAMBLETON IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 44W, Line 64
- LARRY CRAIG HIGGINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 64
- GEORGE FREDERICK KEIPERSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 65
- DUANE JOSEPH KUEHNPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 65
From Ogden
- DARREL L PRICESpecialist Four · January 10, 1967
- LYNN ELMO HUNTERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- RANDOLPH BUCK WARDPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
- RONALD LEE JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · April 10, 1967
- VERNE DEWITT JOHNSON IIIPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- JOSEPH GARY VOGRINECPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- ROBERT KENT HORSPOOLPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
- BRENT F WARDLance Corporal · May 6, 1968
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK BONDFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1968
- FRANKLIN JOE HINERCaptain · June 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.