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JOSEPH RONALD PAULETTE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 13, 1948 – April 9, 1968
Service recordJoseph Ronald Paulette, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 13, 1948
- Home of record
- New Bedford, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 5
- EMERY NORMAN POITROWStaff Sergeant · April 9, 1968
- CHARLIE RAINEYSergeant · April 9, 1968
- DENNIS WAYNE REEDPrivate First Class · April 9, 1968
- JACK RAYMOND REINKESpecialist Four · April 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK CHARLES COUGHLINPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 57
- RICKY GENE INLOWSergeant · Panel 49E, Line 2
- ROLAND EDROY MOORESergeant · Panel 49E, Line 4
- DOUGLAS GERALD THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 6
- DAVID FREDERICK WAGNERPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 6
From New Bedford
- EDWARD JOSEPH ALMEIDAPrivate · July 8, 1965
- WILLIE JOSEPH WRIGHTSergeant First Class · December 5, 1965
- KENNETH EDWARD BEAUREGARDPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- PAUL ELIAS HASSEYPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- JAMES KEVIN OLEARYLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- LUIZ PINA JRLance Corporal · December 2, 1966
- JOHN JAMES CONWAYPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
- PAUL JOSEPH LANDRYSergeant · April 29, 1967
- JAMES CLIFTON OFFLEYPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- NORMAND LOUIS BEAULIEUCorporal · June 2, 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.