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PAUL CHARLES MEDLIN
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 8, 1945 – December 14, 1969
Service recordPaul Charles Medlin, of San Francisco, California, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 14, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 8, 1945
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1969; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 56
- LARRY RICHARD JOHNSONPetty Officer First Class · December 14, 1969
- KENNETH LLOYD MARSHANDSergeant · December 14, 1969
- GREGG A NEWELLSergeant · December 14, 1969
- DENNIS PATRICK POELSTRASpecialist Four · December 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CARL LEROY HUGHES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 55
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
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.