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UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967.
UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967. Photo: PFC Franklin G. Nickerson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Paul Edward Dolik.

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PAUL EDWARD DOLIK

Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army

January 14, 1949 – February 23, 1970

Service record

Paul Edward Dolik, of Palatine, Illinois, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 13W · Line 48

Position of Panel 13W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
Unit (as recorded)
1 AVN BDE
Born
January 14, 1949
Home of record
Palatine, Illinois (Cook County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 23, 1970
Age
21
Province
Khanh Hoa
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

14 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1970; four of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 13W, Line 48

Same unit, same day

From Palatine

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.