United States of AmericaPOW / MIA · Still unaccounted for
U.S. Navy · United States 
Captain Donald Deane Aldern served in the U.S. Navy. Donald served aboard VA 153. Donald served in the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the Cold War.
How They Died
Manner
Undetermined
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
Circumstance
Missing in action
Keepsakes
Service Record
U.S. Navy
1310: Unrestricted Line Officer (Pilot)
URL PILOT
SIOUX FALLS, SD
1978
Pay grade O06. DCAS record DCAS-VN-000531.
Conflicts
Awards & Decorations
7
For valor
Foreign awards
Memorials
Burial Information
Cemetery
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
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Donald Deane Aldern
Captain
U.S. Navy
- 1978
Attack Squadron 153
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