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PAUL EDGAR LEE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 29, 1948 – January 30, 1971
Service recordPaul Edgar Lee, of San Diego, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 30, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 69
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 Radio Repairer (31E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 29, 1948
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In January 1971, 259 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 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 69
- ALLEN CHARLES ELLSpecialist Four · January 30, 1971
- RAFAEL GARCIAPAGANPrivate · January 30, 1971
- RONALD WAYNE HACKNEYSergeant · January 30, 1971
- RONALD NORMAN JASINSKIChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 30, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RAFAEL GARCIAPAGANPrivate · Panel 5W, Line 69
- RONALD WAYNE HACKNEYSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 69
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
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.