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PAUL EDWARD LEARY JR
Major · U.S. Army
December 27, 1935 – January 16, 1971
Service recordPaul Edward Leary JR, of Abilene, Texas, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1971, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 49
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- December 27, 1935
- Home of record
- Abilene, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1971
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1971; six of them were lost in Chau Doc Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5W, Line 49
- HERBERT STEPHEN HINSONSergeant · January 16, 1971
- ROGER GUY HOLLERStaff Sergeant · January 16, 1971
- MARTIN JIM JRPrivate First Class · January 16, 1971
- CARLTON JOSEPH MENDALLFirst Lieutenant · January 16, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ROY RODRIGUEZ SALINASSergeant First Class · Panel 5W, Line 50
From Abilene
- EDGAR LEWIS PETERSON JRPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- RAYES CISNEROS FLORESPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- FRANCISCO HERRERASergeant · March 29, 1966
- GREG WEAVERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- RONALD GENE MCBETHPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- HENRY HARRISON DELANOMaster Sergeant · July 22, 1966
- JACKIE BURL HALLPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- WILLIAM P YARBROUGH JRCommander · January 19, 1967
- RONALD JAMES DEXTERSergeant Major · June 3, 1967
- SAM TRINIDAD CURIELLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
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.