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PAUL COLWELL
Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
November 14, 1932 – December 7, 1970
Service recordPaul Colwell, of Toulouse, Kentucky, served as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 7, 1970, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 112
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
- Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- November 14, 1932
- Home of record
- Toulouse, Kentucky (Leslie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1970
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 112
- OMER PRICE CARSONSergeant · December 7, 1970
- CHARLES WILLIAM COXCorporal · December 7, 1970
- JOE EDWARD CRENSHAWSpecialist Four · December 7, 1970
- HAROLD NORMAN FLIEGERPrivate First Class · December 7, 1970
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.