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PAUL EDWARD BELANGER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 24, 1946 – January 14, 1969
Service recordPaul Edward Belanger, of Saco, Maine, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 14, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 87
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- October 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Saco, Maine (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 87
- GERALD OTIS BAKERSpecialist Four · January 14, 1969
- CLUSTER LEE BEARFIELDPrivate First Class · January 14, 1969
- DANNIE LEON BIRDSpecialist Four · January 14, 1969
- MICHAEL ARCHIE BLAKEYSpecialist Four · January 14, 1969
From Saco
- DAVID MARIUS DURANCEAULance Corporal · July 7, 1967
- STEPHEN LOUIS BEANPrivate First Class · May 24, 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.