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PAUL ELROY HELSEL JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 2, 1945 – February 27, 1966
Service recordPaul Elroy Helsel JR, of Youngstown, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 83
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Youngstown, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 83
- DAVID LEE DANOWSKIPrivate First Class · February 27, 1966
- EDWARD STEPHEN GRAVESPrivate First Class · February 27, 1966
- RICK EDWARD KOPKACorporal · February 27, 1966
- LAWRENCE BEVERLY MCCLOUDPrivate First Class · February 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM FRANCIS AYRESSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 82
- DONALD WAYNE SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 84
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 84
From Youngstown
- ROBERT G WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- NATHAN JOHN COLE JRCorporal · January 8, 1966
- JAMES EDWIN PROMMERSBERGERSergeant · April 16, 1966
- AMALIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD FRANKLINColonel · August 14, 1966
- CHARLES F AZARA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS BURNSLance Corporal · October 20, 1966
- DONALD ALLEN JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- WALTER SUHARMajor · November 26, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH BENTFELDPrivate First Class · February 2, 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.