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WILLIAM F AARONSON IV
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 5, 1951 – January 18, 1971
Service recordWilliam F Aaronson IV, of Oakland Park, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction And Utilities Worker (51A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 5, 1951
- Home of record
- Oakland Park, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1971; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 54
- PERRY MONROE SMITHStaff Sergeant · January 17, 1971
- CECIL WAYNE SOUTHERLANDSpecialist Four · January 17, 1971
- JOSEPH STANLEY TIDWELLPrivate First Class · January 17, 1971
- RONNIE BRICEPrivate · January 18, 1971
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE THOMAS GILMORESergeant · Panel 5W, Line 55
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.