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PAUL ERIC LEES
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 9, 1948 – February 5, 1970
Service recordPaul Eric Lees, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 104
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 104
- JAMES JOHN OSHAUGHNESSYCorporal · March 25, 1969
- JAMES MICHAEL LYONCaptain · February 5, 1970
- RALPH MARTINCorporal · February 5, 1970
- RONALD DALE PATECorporal · February 5, 1970
- WILLIAM SMITHCorporal · February 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH MERLE PERRYCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 105
From Cuyahoga Falls
- HOWARD LEROY BARDENCaptain · January 31, 1967
- OWEN RAY EMERYFirst Lieutenant · February 22, 1967
- JAMES DOUGLAS FAZZINOCorporal · June 11, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH SEERYLieutenant (junior grade) · February 19, 1969
- CLAYTON DONALD WHITCHERSergeant · April 7, 1970
- MICHAEL RICHARD KEMPELPetty Officer Second Class · August 27, 1970
- RONALD FREDERICK YALEFirst Lieutenant · March 24, 1971
- EDWARD MEARL BALLSpecialist Five · April 25, 1971
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.