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PAUL ANTHONY DEVEGTER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 21, 1949 – August 9, 1969
Service recordPaul Anthony Devegter, of Long Beach, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 9, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 117
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Born
- November 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Long Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 117
- JOHN DALE BRINGLance Corporal · August 9, 1969
- VIRGIL LEE CASTLECorporal · August 9, 1969
- PHILIP GENE DESLAURIERSLance Corporal · August 9, 1969
- JAMES CHARLES DINESpecialist Five · August 9, 1969
From Long Beach
- PETER ANTHONY SEMMERPrivate First Class · February 11, 1965
- RICHARD GRAHAM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- IVAN JOSEPH BROYLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RICHARD EYRE CROWELance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- FRANZ GERHARD PREDIGERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT BOSHPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- MICHAEL PAUL MCCONAHAYPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- EDMOND SANMARCOSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- MARSHAL LYNN HORTONSpecialist Four · December 25, 1966
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.