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PAUL BURNELL WOOLFORD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 1, 1946 – November 10, 1969
Service recordPaul Burnell Woolford, of Streator, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 10, 1969, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 55
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Streator, Illinois (La Salle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1969; two of them were lost in Vinh Binh Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 55
- RAUL JOHN VARGASPrivate First Class · November 10, 1969
- FRANKLIN EARL WRIGHTPetty Officer Second Class · November 10, 1969
- ROBERT CHARLES BARRLance Corporal · November 11, 1969
- ROBERT CARL BECKMANCaptain · November 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LOUIS BARIGLIOSergeant First Class · Panel 16W, Line 51
- VERNON GLEN HOLBROOKSergeant First Class · Panel 16W, Line 53
From Streator
- DONALD LEROY BUTEHospitalman · May 1, 1967
- HERALD LEE DELANEYPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- TIMOTHY MCKEE HAMILTONSergeant · May 17, 1968
- CHARLES HAROLD SCHAEFERFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1969
- RONALD LEE MUNSONSpecialist Four · October 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.