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WILLIAM LESLIE AIKEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 1, 1950 – November 13, 1970
Service recordWilliam Leslie Aiken, of Whitehall, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 13, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 55
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Whitehall, New York (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 55
- DAVID ALAN NUDENBERGPrivate First Class · November 12, 1970
- EDUARDO CRUZ RAMIREZCorporal · November 12, 1970
- WILLIAM CLEMON REEDCorporal · November 12, 1970
- CRAIG THOMAS RESKAPrivate First Class · November 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONALD LYNN VALENTINESergeant · Panel 6W, Line 58
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.