The Wall › Panel 65E › Michigan › Paul Allen Proehl
PAUL ALLEN PROEHL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 10, 1945 – May 22, 1968
Service recordPaul Allen Proehl, of Rapid River, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 65E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65E · Line 8
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Rapid River, Michigan (Delta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65E, Line 8
- ALONZO LENORD DIXONPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
- GERALD LEE ELLIOTTSpecialist Five · May 22, 1968
- CALVIN CHARLES GLOVERChief Master Sergeant · May 22, 1968
- WILLIAM HENDERSON MASONColonel · May 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOE RAY COURTNEY JRCorporal · Panel 65E, Line 6
- GEORGE GUERRA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 65E, Line 9
- JOE RAYMOND HINESFirst Lieutenant · Panel 65E, Line 11
- GALE WILLIAM DIXONSergeant · Panel 65E, Line 13
- DAVID WESLEY MOSELEYPrivate First Class · Panel 65E, Line 13
- LARRY JUNIOR SAMPLESCorporal · Panel 66E, Line 2
- ANGEL LUIS SANCHEZPrivate First Class · Panel 66E, Line 2
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.