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Service Details
Last Rank
Captain
Last Primary NEC
131X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Pilot
Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer
Primary Unit
1969-1970, 131X, USS Oriskany (CVA-34)
Service Years
1952 - 1970
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Gulf of Tonkin Yacht Club
Order of the Golden Dragon
Current Photo
Personal Details
Home State
South Dakota
Year of Birth 1930
This Military Service Page was created/owned by
Michael D. Withers (Mike), OSCS
to remember
Aldern, Donald Deane, CAPT.
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Contact Info
Home Town Sioux Falls
Last Address Sioux Falls
MIA Date Jun 29, 1970
Cause KIA-Body Not Recovered
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location Laos
Conflict Vietnam War
Memorial Coordinates 09W 101
Last Known Activity:
Commander Aldern was promoted to Captain while in a Missing in Action Status.
This Sailor has no Grave Marker with the United States per Family:
1954-1954, 131X, Naval Air Station (NAS) Alameda
1954-1954, 131X, VU-7
1954-1955, 131X, USS Hornet (CVA-12)
1954-1958, 131X, VF-94 Mighty Shrikes
1955-1958, 131X, Naval Air Station (NAS) Moffett Field, CA
1956-1956, 00X, Air Task Group 4 (ATG-4)
1956-1956, 131X, USS Yorktown (CVA-10)
1958-1961, 131X, United States Air Force Academy (USAFA)/Staff
1961-1964, 131X, USS Enterprise (CVN-65)
1964-1965, 131X, Naval Air Station (NAS) Cecil Field, FL
1964-1965, 131X, VF-174 Hellrazors
1965-1966, 131X, Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana, VA
1965-1966, 131X, Fighter Squadron ELEVEN (VF-11) Red Rippers
1965-1966, 131X, USS Franklin D.Roosevelt (CVA-42)
1966-1968, 131X, Naval Air Station (NAS) Miramar, CA
1966-1968, 131X, VF-191 Satan's Kittens
1966-1968, 131X, USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14)
1968-1969, 131X, CNO - OPNAV
1969-1970, 131X, USS Oriskany (CVA-34)