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An airman lights a candle during POW/MIA recognition week at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina.
An airman lights a candle during POW/MIA recognition week at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Photo: A1C Aaron Jenne, U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Robert Henry Aldrich.

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ROBERT HENRY ALDRICH

First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps

June 11, 1947 – December 27, 1971

Service record

Robert Henry Aldrich, of Port Washington, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 27, 1971, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 16W · Line 62

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Service

Branch
U.S. Marine Corps
Rank
First Lieutenant (1STLT)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Pilot Ch-46 Qualified (7562)
Unit (as recorded)
MARMEDHELRON 165 USS TRIPOLI LPH 10
Born
June 11, 1947
Home of record
Port Washington, New York (Nassau County)

Casualty

Date of death
December 27, 1971
Age
24
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew
Remains
Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record

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What was happening

Three names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1971. In December 1971, 64 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.

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From Port Washington

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.