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PAUL EDWARD WOLFE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 3, 1950 – December 2, 1970
Service recordPaul Edward Wolfe, of Portales, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 103
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
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- May 3, 1950
- Home of record
- Portales, New Mexico (Roosevelt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 103
- JOHN LARRY STALLINGSCaptain · December 1, 1970
- JESUS M BERRIOS-RIVERAPrivate First Class · December 2, 1970
- LEONARD PAUL KUNSMAN JRCorporal · December 2, 1970
- JAMES HARRY MARKLANDPrivate First Class · December 2, 1970
From Portales
- HARRY GORDON DYERSpecialist Four · June 28, 1966
- JERRY HAROLD BRYANTPrivate First Class · January 26, 1967
- LLOYD EDGAR SMITHSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
- JOE CARL SHAWCaptain · August 21, 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.