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JAMES LEE PAUL
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
October 13, 1948 – February 5, 1971
Service recordJames Lee Paul, of Riverview, Michigan, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 79
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- October 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Riverview, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 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 26 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 5W, Line 79
- CLIFTON EUGENE CALLAHANPrivate First Class · February 5, 1971
- DAVID CHARLES JOHNSONSergeant · February 5, 1971
- CLIFTON CURTIS NEWCOMBPetty Officer First Class · February 5, 1971
- DAVID ALBERT SEMMLERCorporal · February 5, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CARL MITCHELL WOODWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 5W, Line 80
From Riverview
- KENNETH EARL TREADWAYLance Corporal · October 21, 1967
- THOMAS JOHN EVANSSecond Lieutenant · November 7, 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.