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PAUL DARBY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 15, 1944 – January 16, 1971
Service recordPaul Darby, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1971, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 48
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 15, 1944
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1971
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1971; six of them were lost in Chau Doc Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 48
- JOHN ENGLISH DAVISSergeant First Class · January 16, 1971
- DONALD GLEN DETRICKSpecialist Five · January 16, 1971
- JOHN MEIGS GRAHAMCaptain · January 16, 1971
- NOEL BARBARO HERNANDEZCorporal · January 16, 1971
Same unit, same day
- TERRY FRANCIS MEZERAWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 5W, Line 50
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 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.