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JOHN PAUL PAULSON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 15, 1947 – December 11, 1967
Service recordJohn Paul Paulson JR, of Neenah, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 11, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Neenah, Wisconsin (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 82
- LARRY EARL MCCLUNGSeaman · December 11, 1967
- FREDDIE JOE PHIFERLance Corporal · December 11, 1967
- KENNETH LEE PUGHSergeant · December 11, 1967
- JAMES G RILEYSpecialist Four · December 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ALLAN EUGENE FOLLETTSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 79
- DANIEL JOHN MAGUIRESpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 81
From Neenah
- GENE JAY HOWARDSpecialist Five · April 2, 1968
- THOMAS FRANCIS DAZEY JRSpecialist Four · April 9, 1968
- ANDREW L HEIDERPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- ROBERT GERDES BLANKPrivate First Class · December 21, 1968
- KENNETH GEORGE LIEBHABERPrivate First Class · February 17, 1969
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.