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FRANK WOLGO PAULOS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 2, 1951 – February 10, 1973
Service recordFrank Wolgo Paulos, of Mattituck, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1973, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 116
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 2, 1951
- Home of record
- Mattituck, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1973
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1973; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In February 1973, 14 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 116
- ROBERT EDWARD BERNHARDTFirst Lieutenant · February 5, 1973
- DONNIE RAY CONNERLance Corporal · February 14, 1973
- JAMES LELAND SCROGGINSSpecialist Five · February 23, 1973
- JOSEPH GAMBINO JRFirst Lieutenant · April 7, 1973
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.