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PAUL ARTHUR WILDAUER
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
December 7, 1926 – March 2, 1964
Service recordPaul Arthur Wildauer, of Chula Vista, California, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 2, 1964, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 44
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url No Warfare Specialty (1100)
- Born
- December 7, 1926
- Home of record
- Chula Vista, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1964
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1964; he was the only one lost in Kien Phong Province that day. In March 1964, 17 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 44
- BILLY MORRISON SMITHSpecialist Five · November 8, 1963
- WILLIAM ALBERT REIDSpecialist Five · February 16, 1964
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- BERNARD FRANCIS LUKASIKCaptain · February 19, 1964
- WALTER LEWIS GLASSMajor · February 28, 1964
From Chula Vista
- RICHARD BRIGHTPrivate · July 21, 1966
- RICHARD EARL SIPESPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- CHARLES LEE MYERSSergeant · February 13, 1967
- WILSON E BIBLER JRSpecialist Four · February 24, 1967
- EDWIN EARL COOPERHospitalman · February 24, 1967
- JOHN IGNATIUS HIGGINS JRHospitalman · October 14, 1967
- RICHARD D WEEDERSpecialist Five · October 17, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD BIERNACKISergeant · March 14, 1968
- RAYMOND OMER KINCANNONCaptain · April 1, 1968
- ARTHUR BOBBITTCorporal · April 14, 1968
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.