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PAUL ALLAN SPARKS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 23, 1947 – August 19, 1969
Service recordPaul Allan Sparks, of Houston, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 74
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Locomotive Repairer (65B)
- Born
- June 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1969; nine of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 74
- GERALD LEON SILVERSTEINWarrant Officer 1 · August 19, 1969
- ROBERT NORMAN SMITHColonel · August 19, 1969
- ROBERT GEORGE SOLOMONSpecialist Four · August 19, 1969
- JOHN WALTER VOYLESCorporal · August 19, 1969
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.