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EDWARD JOSEPH PAUL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 6, 1946 – April 6, 1967
Service recordEdward Joseph Paul, of Passaic, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 113
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Communications Center Specialist (72B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 35 ENG BN 34 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- December 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Passaic, New Jersey (Passaic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 113
- RICHARD ERIC NEWTONCaptain · April 6, 1967
- ALFONSO ORTIZ-LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · April 6, 1967
- HENRY EDWARD PATENAUDESergeant First Class · April 6, 1967
- TED BARNETT PETERSONLance Corporal · April 6, 1967
From Passaic
- ALBERT C LAWSONLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- FRANCISCO HERMAN GONZALEZCorporal · October 8, 1967
- GEORGE MCCLELLANDStaff Sergeant · February 25, 1968
- PATRICK M R BIERLEINPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- CARMINE NOVEMBRECorporal · April 25, 1968
- PAUL P ZYLKOPrivate First Class · June 30, 1968
- JOSE LIUS LOPEZPrivate First Class · January 6, 1969
- PETER JOHN MCCALLUM JRCorporal · March 30, 1969
- STEWART SAMUEL BURRPrivate First Class · April 23, 1969
- FRANCO DIANIPrivate First Class · September 20, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.