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PAUL EDWARD DUFFORD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 5, 1948 – December 8, 1967
Service recordPaul Edward Dufford, of West Middlesex, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1967, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 64
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 5, 1948
- Home of record
- West Middlesex, Pennsylvania (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1967; five of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 64
- LEON CANFIELDSergeant First Class · December 8, 1967
- GEORGE NICHOLAS FANIS JRPrivate First Class · December 8, 1967
- THOMAS MICHAEL FLATLEYCaptain · December 8, 1967
- THOMAS GRANTPlatoon Sergeant · December 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH ROGER BENJAMINSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 63
- HUBERT CLAYTON CARTERPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 63
- LEON CANFIELDSergeant First Class · Panel 31E, Line 64
- JOHN MACK RAYSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 66
- JOHN EDWARD THIELSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 67
From West Middlesex
- JOSEPH WILLIAM BAKERHospitalman · March 7, 1968
- THADDEUS M YONIKA JRWarrant Officer 1 · December 21, 1969
- TERRENCE MICHAEL KUZAKLance Corporal · December 24, 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.