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JAMES PAUL HALEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 4, 1949 – December 22, 1969
Service recordJames Paul Halen, of Bay Shore, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 22, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 82
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Bay Shore, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 22, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 82
- WILLIAM THEODORE HATTINGSpecialist Four · December 22, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER A MILLERPrivate First Class · December 22, 1969
- STANLEY DYKUS MONTGOMERYSergeant · December 22, 1969
- JAMES CURTIS MOORESenior Master Sergeant · December 22, 1969
From Bay Shore
- STEVEN ANDREW BUTLERPrivate First Class · July 17, 1968
- JOSEPH JOHN FUNKSergeant · January 20, 1969
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM SOLTANSergeant · January 26, 1969
- THOMAS EDWARD WYNNESergeant · February 20, 1970
- ARTHUR EDWARD MCLEODChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 12, 1971
- DOUGLAS JAY CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · February 23, 1971
- DONALD FRANKLIN VAUGHANSpecialist Five · October 28, 1971
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.