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ELIAS JOHNSON PAULK
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 31, 1947 – September 19, 1968
Service recordElias Johnson Paulk, of Ocala, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 41
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Ocala, Florida (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1968; eight of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 43W, Line 41
- VERNON LEON HEADRICKPrivate First Class · September 19, 1968
- GARY EDWIN NOLESPrivate First Class · September 19, 1968
- FRANCIS STEVEN RHOADESPrivate · September 19, 1968
- ROY WAYNE RICHLance Corporal · September 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROSS THOMAS HULSLANDERCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 37
- JAMES CHESTER SCHULTZCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 42
From Ocala
- HAROLD GOLDMANPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- JOHN WILLIAM ROWLAND JRCorporal · January 23, 1966
- GEORGE AARON MORNINGSTARSergeant · June 9, 1966
- DONALD GENE VERNONSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- SAMUEL T SCRIVENPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
- JIMMIE LEE THOMASPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- OSCAR LOW THOMAS JRSpecialist Four · October 23, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HOPPERLance Corporal · October 28, 1967
- MAURICE THERON WILLIAMSPlatoon Sergeant · February 17, 1968
- LUCIUS ANDERSON JRSergeant · March 14, 1968
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.