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PAUL EDWIN VANHOOSE
Captain · U.S. Army
January 2, 1940 – February 24, 1967
Service recordPaul Edwin Vanhoose, of Stambaugh, Kentucky, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1967, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 87
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Ranger, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (82162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 2, 1940
- Home of record
- Stambaugh, Kentucky (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1967; three of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 87
- LARRY ROBERT SCOTTSergeant · February 24, 1967
- PHILLIP RAY SHOOPMANLance Corporal · February 24, 1967
- WILLIAM LOCKE STRUNKPetty Officer Third Class · February 24, 1967
- VICTOR VANCE ULLBERGSpecialist Four · February 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DONALD CARYL GRANEYMajor · Panel 15E, Line 83
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.