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PAUL EARL FOUGHT JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 15, 1949 – October 20, 1968
Service recordPaul Earl Fought JR, of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 20, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 6
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
- Radio Teletype Operator (05C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 6
- EDWARD JOSEPH THIBODEAUXLance Corporal · October 19, 1968
- JERRY GLEN BRIDGESStaff Sergeant · October 20, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD DEITSCHChief Warrant Officer 4 · October 20, 1968
- JIMMY LEE HOWARDSergeant · October 20, 1968
From Mechanicsburg
- WILLIAM ALLEN GLEIXNERSpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- THOMAS THOMAS SPRINKLESpecialist Four · July 7, 1968
- JERRY RAY LANGLEYSpecialist Four · May 2, 1969
- JOSEPH JOHN MEYER JRPrivate First Class · July 4, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY MORRIS JRCaptain · October 9, 1969
- WAYNE LEROY YINGER JRCorporal · May 27, 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.