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MICHAEL PETER AARON
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
March 30, 1947 – August 14, 1968
Service recordMichael Peter Aaron, of Irving, Texas, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 14, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 10
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Irving, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 10
- ROBERT WALTER WOODSSpecialist Four · August 13, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH ZEMANICKSecond Lieutenant · August 13, 1968
- ROBERT IRWIN BROWNCorporal · August 14, 1968
- RAYMOND LOUIS DANIELSSergeant · August 14, 1968
From Irving
- WILLIAM MICHAEL CAINPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- THOMAS GLENN MODISETTESergeant · May 21, 1967
- CHARLES ALONZO PARADISEMaster Sergeant · September 4, 1967
- VARDE WESTON SMITH IIICorporal · September 4, 1967
- ARLON DANIEL WALL JRAirman First Class · September 9, 1967
- CLARENCE LOUIS HARLOWPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- ROBERT OLEN BUCKNER JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- CARL WAYNE DORRIESPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- HERMAN A MILLER IIPetty Officer Third Class · August 11, 1968
- CHARLES DON CHAMPIONCorporal · August 28, 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.