Donald Dean Aldren

Vietnam War
Unit19th Carrier Air Wing
RankCaptain U.S. Navy
Entered Service FromSiuox Falls South Dakota
Date of DeathJune 29 1970
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes
Captain Aldren was a member of the 19th Carrier Air Wing, U.S. Navy based on the Aircraft Carrier USS ORISKANY (CVA-34). On June 29, 1970 he was the pilot of a Vought Attack Aircraft Corsair II (A-7A) on a mission over Attopeu Province, Laos when his aircraft was shot down and crashed. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.