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MICHAEL DOMINIC PAONESSA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 5, 1947 – October 19, 1968
Service recordMichael Dominic Paonessa, of Akron, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 19, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Akron, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 4
- DANIEL MATTEI-SANTIAGOSpecialist Four · October 19, 1968
- PAUL EDWARD MCGINNESSCorporal · October 19, 1968
- SAMUEL MENASergeant · October 19, 1968
- JAMES JOHN RAIOLOPrivate First Class · October 19, 1968
From Akron
- PAUL R HELTSLEY IIIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1964
- ANDREW MILLARD KEACaptain · May 16, 1965
- GEORGE HOWARD FRAZEE JRSergeant · May 28, 1965
- FRANK WILLARD WILSONCorporal · June 6, 1965
- ROBERT DUANE STEPANOVSpecialist Four · July 5, 1965
- RICHARD WEBSTERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- WAYNE HULEN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1966
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HOGARTHFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1966
- JOSEPH STANLEY VESELY JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- JAMES QUINEL AYDLETTFirst Lieutenant · July 11, 1966
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.