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PAUL CRAWFORD HEWITSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 14, 1947 – July 13, 1968
Service recordPaul Crawford Hewitson, of Yucca Valley, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 13, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Yucca Valley, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 23
- RANDALL STEVEN HILLSpecialist Four · July 13, 1968
- JOHN CLARK HURSTCaptain · July 13, 1968
- WILLIAM MICHAEL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · July 13, 1968
- THOMAS BURTON LUKESSergeant · July 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN L BYINGTONSpecialist Four · Panel 52W, Line 21
- RANDALL STEVEN HILLSpecialist Four · Panel 52W, Line 23
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.