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RICHARD ALAN AARON
Captain · U.S. Army
January 2, 1943 – February 6, 1971
Service recordRichard Alan Aaron, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 80
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Internist (3139)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- January 2, 1943
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1971
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1971; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 80
- CARL MITCHELL WOODWarrant Officer 1 · February 5, 1971
- LARRY ALBERT WOODBURNPrivate First Class · February 5, 1971
- DAVID LEE ALEXANDERCaptain · February 6, 1971
- KENNETH WAYNE BONESTROOCorporal · February 6, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LEE ALEXANDERCaptain · Panel 5W, Line 80
- KENNETH WAYNE BONESTROOCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 80
- AMBERS ANDREW HAMILTONSpecialist Five · Panel 5W, Line 81
- ROBERT PAUL JACQUESSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 81
- MICHAEL JAMES KERLCaptain · Panel 5W, Line 81
- CARROLL RAY MILLSCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 81
- ROBERT JAMES ROGERSSpecialist Five · Panel 5W, Line 82
- CURTIS LELAND WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 82
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.