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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Pasia Paialii.

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PASIA PAIALII

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

November 27, 1932 – September 26, 1965

Service record

Pasia Paialii, of Laie, Hawaii, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 2E · Line 95

Position of Panel 2E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
101 AIRBORNE DIV
Born
November 27, 1932
Home of record
Laie, Hawaii (Honolulu County)

Casualty

Date of death
September 26, 1965
Age
32
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device

Context · from the records

What was happening

Five names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 2E, Line 95

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.