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Home Town Kokomo
Last Address Fort Belvoir, VA
Date of Passing Apr 30, 1980
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
Harold Robert Aaron Birth: June 21, 1921 Death: April 30, 1980
United States Army General. Graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1943, and was assigned as a Second Lieutenant and Company Commander in the European Theatre during World War II.
He served in a number of various posts in Europe and the Pacific after the war, rising in the ranks until he was promoted to Lieutenant General.
He served as commander of U.S. Special Forces in the Pacific from 1967 to 1969, as assistant Chief of Intelligence for the Department of the Army from 1973 to 1977, and as Deputy Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency from 1977 to 1979.
He was decorated with the Distinguished Service Medal and the Legion of Merit with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters during his service.
Lieutenant General Harold Aaron, U.S. Military Academy Class of June 1943.
Distinguished service in special operations and intelligence assignments.
Commander, 5th Special Forces Group, Republic of Vietnam; Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence, U.S. Army, Europe. Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Department of the Army; Deputy Director, Defense Intelligence Agency. Extract from Register of Graduates, U.S. Military Academy, 1980:
Born in Indiana, 21 June 1921 Infantry, Company Commander, 259 Infantry, Theater Army Europe, 1944 to 1945 (two Bronze Star Medals; Combat Infantry Badge; Army Commendation Ribbon; Purple Heart) Command and General Staff College, 1953 MA Georgetown University, 1960 Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense, 1961 to 1963 National War College, 1964 Ph.D. Georgetown University, 1964 Aide-de-camp to Commanding General, 8th Army, 1964 to 1965 Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1965 to 1967 Legion of Merit) Commander, 1st Special Forces Group, 1967 to 1968; (Legion of Merit) Commander, 5th Special Forces Group, Republic of Vietnam, 1968 to 1969 (Distinguished Service Medal; Bronze Star Medal; two Air Medals; Combat Infantry Badge) Assistant Division Commander, 8th Division, 1969 to 1971 Chief of Staff, V Corps, Germany, 1971 to 1972 Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, US Army, Europe, 1972 to 1973 (Legion of Merit) Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Department of the Army, 1973 to 1977 (Distinguished Service Medal) Deputy Director, Defense Intelligence Agency, 1977 to 1979 (Defense Distinguished Service Medal Retired in 1979 as a Lieutenant General Senior Staff Scientist with TRW, 1979 Died at Fort Belvoir, 30 April 1980
Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase V Campaign (1968)
From Month/Year
July / 1968
To Month/Year
November / 1968
Description This campaign was from 1 July to 1 November 1968. During this period a country-wide effort was begun to restore government control of territory lost to the enemy since the Tet offensive. The enemy attempted another such offensive on 17-18 August but his efforts were comparatively feeble and were quickly overwhelmed by Allied forces.
In the fall of 1968 the South Vietnamese government, with major U.S. support, launched an accelerated pacification campaign. All friendly forces were coordinated and brought to bear on the enemy in every tactical area of operation. In these intensified operations, friendly units first secured a target area, then Vietnamese government units, regional forces/popular forces, police and civil authorities screened the inhabitants, seeking members of the Viet Cong infrastructure. This technique was so successful against the political apparatus that it became the basis for subsequent friendly operations. Government influence expanded into areas of the countryside previously dominated by the Viet Cong to such an extent that two years later at least some measure of government control was evident in all but a few remote regions.
