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PAUL ANDREW AVOLESE
Major · U.S. Air Force
June 12, 1932 – July 7, 1967
Service recordPaul Andrew Avolese, of East Meadow, New York, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 7, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 25
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 2 BOMB SQ
- Born
- June 12, 1932
- Home of record
- East Meadow, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “2 BOMB SQ”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 23E, Line 25
- CHARLES ALAN BALLAUFHospitalman · July 7, 1967
- DAVID FRITZ BITTENBENDERCaptain · July 7, 1967
- CHARLES HERMAN BLANKENSHIPCaptain · July 7, 1967
- JOHN HENRY FERRIL IILance Corporal · July 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID FRITZ BITTENBENDERCaptain · Panel 23E, Line 25
From East Meadow
- LOWELL ASTLEY WOLFRIESStaff Sergeant · January 16, 1967
- KEVIN JAMES CARROLLPrivate First Class · February 12, 1967
- HAROLD EVERETT FETNERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- EDWARD ARNOLD VERCOUTERENCorporal · June 7, 1967
- JOEL STEPHEN WILLIAMSONSergeant · November 19, 1967
- EUGENE RICHARD SKOCHPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- CARL JOSEPH TANZOLA JRSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
- JOHN GIRARD GLASSEYSpecialist Four · April 15, 1969
- GORDON ALAN MACMILLANCorporal · June 21, 1969
- RICHARD FRANK CRUDOLance Corporal · July 2, 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.