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PAUL DAVID BACON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 24, 1950 – June 5, 1972
Service recordPaul David Bacon, of Neptune, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1972, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 35
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- January 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Neptune, New Jersey (Monmouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1972
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1972; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In June 1972, 88 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 35
- MICHAEL JACOB KONOWFirst Lieutenant · June 4, 1972
- BENJAMIN LEE TEBAULTCaptain · June 4, 1972
- KENNETH LEE BARNETTSergeant · June 5, 1972
- ANDEE CHAPMAN JRSergeant First Class · June 5, 1972
Same unit, same day
- RONNIE ALLEN MENDOZALieutenant Colonel · Panel 1W, Line 37
From Neptune
- DAVID ROWLAND BEATTIEPrivate First Class · September 18, 1966
- DONALD HARRY BROWERPrivate First Class · March 18, 1967
- ROBERT GEORGE REYNOLDSSpecialist Four · June 11, 1967
- PATRICK EUGENE MCBRIDELance Corporal · September 10, 1967
- COLIN JAMES BACHCorporal · October 22, 1968
- JAMES L LANGSergeant · November 17, 1968
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.