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MICHAEL GORDON PAGET
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
October 22, 1952 – April 4, 1975
Service recordMichael Gordon Paget, of Woodland Hills, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 4, 1975, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 121
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Service Specialist (90250)
- Born
- October 22, 1952
- Home of record
- Woodland Hills, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1975
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1975; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1975, 16 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 121
- GARY C HALLCaptain · January 24, 1975
- GARRY W HERMANSONSergeant · January 24, 1975
- BRYAN A RYECaptain · January 24, 1975
- DENNING CICERO JOHNSONMaster Sergeant · April 4, 1975
From Woodland Hills
- DAVID FRANK SHERRELLCorporal · June 6, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS LOHMANPrivate First Class · August 8, 1967
- STEVEN EDWARD LEGLERSpecialist Four · October 3, 1967
- GERARD ANDRE LAVIGNEPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
- TIMOTHY PAUL MCGUIREPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- JOHN HOWARD PRIESTHOFF IICorporal · September 22, 1968
- RICHARD ALLAN WEAVERSergeant · November 29, 1968
- HERBERT KIRK SKINNERPrivate First Class · December 7, 1968
- JEFFREY HOWARD FOULKEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1969
- CHARLES W WARRINGTON JRPrivate First Class · March 16, 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.