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PAUL DOUGLAS ATON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 9, 1948 – July 29, 1968
Service recordPaul Douglas Aton, of Franklin, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 29
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Franklin, Kentucky (Simpson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 29
- JERRY EDWARD AUXIERStaff Sergeant · July 29, 1968
- GARRY WAYNE BAKERLance Corporal · July 29, 1968
- ALFRED JOHN DAVIES JRSergeant · July 29, 1968
- MICHAEL RICHARD GLASFORDPrivate First Class · July 29, 1968
From Franklin
- EARL WAYNE FRYEPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- GERALD WAYNE MAYBERRYLance Corporal · May 8, 1968
- RONNIE LEE CLAYBURNLance Corporal · June 7, 1969
- WILLARD EARL SPIVEYCorporal · December 17, 1969
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.