Aaron, Richard Alan, CPT

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rank
Captain

Last Service Branch
Medical Corps

Last Primary MOS
3139-Internist

Last MOS Group
Medical Department (Officer)

Primary Unit
1970-1971, 3139, HHC, 123rd Aviation Battalion

Service Years
1969 - 1971

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State
District Of Columbia

Year of Birth
1943

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Casualty Info

Home Town Washington, DC	Last Address Washington, DC

Casualty Date Feb 06, 1971
Cause Non Hostile- Died Other Causes	Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location Quang Tin (Vietnam)	Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment King David Memorial Garden - Idylwood, Virginia	Wall/Plot Coordinates 05W 080

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1971, Vietnam Veterans Memorial [Verified] - Assoc. Page
	2018, The National Gold Star Family Registry

Photo Album (More...)

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Service Photo

Dr. Aaron

Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase VII Campaign (1970-71)
From Month/Year July / 1970	To Month/Year June / 1971
Description This campaign was from 1 Jul 1970 to 30 June 1971. Fighting continued in Cambodia during early February before and after South Vietnam began its U.S.-aided drive in Laos, Lam Son 719, the most significant operation during this campaign. Lam Son 719 was conducted out of I Corps by Vietnamese troops with US fire and air support. Their object was to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail and to destroy enemy bases at Techepone, Laos. The operation consisted of four phases. In Phases I, called Operation DEWEY CANYON II, the 1st Brigade, US 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized) occupied the Khe Sanh area and cleared Route No. 9 up to the Laotian border. In the meantime, the US 101st Airborne Division conducted diversionary operations in the A Shau Valley. The US 45th Engineer Group had the mission of repairing Route No. 9 up to the Laotian border. This lasted from 30 January to 7 February 1971. During Phase II US forces continued to provide fire support, helilift, and tactical and strategic air support for ARVN units. This phase was 8 February to March 1971. Phase III ran from March to 16 March 1971; Phase IV was the withdrawal phase. Faced with mounting losses, Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Lam, the commander of the invasion forces, decided to cut short the operation and ordered a withdrawal. Lam Son 719, though it was less than a signal success, forestalled a Communist offensive in the spring of 1971. Enemy units and replacements enroute south were diverted to the scene of the action.

My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year January / 1971	To Month/Year June / 1971

Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020

Personal Memories
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Units Participated in Operation
1st Cavalry Division
29th Civil Affairs Company, I Corps
HHC, 2nd Battalion 12th Infantry
630th Military Police Company
18th Military Police Brigade
16th Military Police Group
545th Military Police Company
300th Military Police Company
212th Military Police Company
66th Military Police Company
272nd Military Police Company
5th Military Police Battalion (CID)
716th Military Police Battalion
23rd Military Police Company
504th Military Police Battalion
218th Military Police Company
22nd Military Police Battalion (CID)
194th Military Police Company
615th Military Police Company
720th Military Police Battalion
95th Military Police Battalion
127th Military Police Company
527th Military Police Company
154th Transportation Company
552nd Military Police Company
23rd Military Police Company, 503rd Military Police Battalion (Airborne)
4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery
557th Military Police Company
101st Military Police Company
595th Military Police Company
93rd Military Police Battalion