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PAUL EDWARD MALESZEWSKI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 23, 1948 – November 7, 1968
Service recordPaul Edward Maleszewski, of Pensacola, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 7, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 34
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Pensacola, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1968; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 34
- WILLIAM FREDERICK MEINECKEPrivate First Class · November 7, 1968
- KAZUTO MORIWAKISergeant · November 7, 1968
- JOHN FERDINAND SCHAFFERCorporal · November 7, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT SPRINGERPrivate First Class · November 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD ALBERT FRYER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 33
- DAVID LESLIE THORNTONPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 35
From Pensacola
- DONALD VOL HESTER JRLieutenant · September 6, 1964
- CHARLES WAYNE STEVENSPrivate · October 3, 1965
- WILLIE CLARENCE PICKETTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GEORGE WARREN RICEWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1965
- GEORGE EDDIE GEOGHAGENSpecialist Four · January 2, 1966
- DONALD RAY BROWNSergeant · April 6, 1966
- VICTOR EDWARD CHASELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- DAVID OTIS BLACKMONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1966
- DONALD MCCONNICOSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- FRED EARL BAILEYMajor · June 5, 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.