Highest Honors Special Operations POW / MIA
United States of America
Headstone of Dean L Aitken
Headstone of Dean L Aitken
U.S. Army · United States United States

Dean L Aitken

Sergeant
1950 – 1970
Bronze Star Medal
Air MedalNational Defense Service MedalVietnam Service MedalRepublic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Vietnam Wall · Panel 11W
Life Keepsakes Service Decorations Shadow Box Memorials Laid to Rest In Our Keeping

Sergeant Dean L Aitken served in the U.S. Army. Dean served with the 101 AIRBORNE DIV. Dean served in the Vietnam War. Dean was 20 years old.

How They Died
Manner Accident
Cause Multiple traumatic injuries
Circumstance Accident in theatre
Place Thua Thien
Keepsakes
AITKEN DEAN L - Vietnam War Veteran
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Dean L Aitken
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Service Record
U.S. Army
A CO, 101ST AVN BN, 101ST AVN GROUP, 101ST ABN DIV, USARV
67A20: Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice
SGT
AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE APPRENTICE
THUA THIEN
1970
Pay grade E04.
Conflicts
Vietnam War
Awards & Decorations 5

For service and achievement

Bronze Star Medal
Air Medal

Campaign and service medals

National Defense Service Medal
Vietnam Service Medal

Foreign awards

Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Memorials
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Panel 11W · Line 96 cut as DEAN L AITKEN
Burial Information
Cemetery Lima Cemetery
In Our Keeping
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Dean L Aitken
Sergeant
U.S. Army
- 1970
101st Aviation Battalion
Sergeant
Bronze Star Medal
Air Medal National Defense Service Medal Vietnam Service Medal Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

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