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HELMUT WALTER PAIER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 17, 1942 – October 24, 1969
Service recordHelmut Walter Paier, of Hampton, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 24, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 113
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- March 17, 1942
- Home of record
- Hampton, Virginia (Hampton (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 113
- WILLIAM FRANCIS LARSONSpecialist Five · October 24, 1969
- JAMES CRAIG MCPHILLIPSLance Corporal · October 24, 1969
- HERBERT LEE MOORE JRPrivate · October 24, 1969
- MAX WELKER PUGMIRESpecialist Four · October 24, 1969
From Hampton
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS HOPSONPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- JOHN KIRKLAND THOMPSONPrivate First Class · November 24, 1966
- JOE FRANKLIN WALKERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1967
- ERNEST VICTOR HENSEL JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 17, 1967
- THOMAS J EVANS JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1967
- RUPPERT LEON SARGENTFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1967
- ALTON SMITHSergeant · March 18, 1967
- PHILLIP LEONARD ROUSESpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- FELIX BOYD HAWKINSLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL HERRINGCorporal · July 7, 1967
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.