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WILLIAM ARTHUR ALDAG
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 14, 1949 – February 24, 1970
Service recordWilliam Arthur Aldag, of Tully, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 50
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Tully, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 50
- THOMAS LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · February 23, 1970
- DENNIS PATRICK SCHNEIDERCorporal · February 23, 1970
- RUSSELL MERRILL STODDARDLance Corporal · February 23, 1970
- WAYNE STEVE ZACHSpecialist Four · February 23, 1970
From Tully
- PHILLIP ANDREN VANDEUSENPrivate First Class · June 7, 1967
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.