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PAUL BRUCE SEVERLOH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 21, 1947 – January 28, 1967
Service recordPaul Bruce Severloh, of Temple City, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 92
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 129 AVN CO 10 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Temple City, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “129 AVN CO 10 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 92
- FRANCIS PETER JELINEKStaff Sergeant · January 26, 1967
- JOE FRANKLIN KELLEYHospitalman · January 28, 1967
- FRED LEWIS PEDERSENStaff Sergeant · January 28, 1967
- JAMES LEE STEINEKEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1967
- PEDRO ARNADO SWENSONCorporal · January 28, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · January 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL ERVAN BRADYSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 90
- GERALD ANDREW DORRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 14E, Line 90
- TERRY LEE MANZFirst Lieutenant · Panel 14E, Line 91
From Temple City
- SAMUEL DON DANNAPrivate · November 13, 1966
- GERALD CAIN STELLESergeant · June 13, 1967
- DOUGLAS ALAN ROSSSergeant · January 22, 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.