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PAUL EVERETT WALL
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
February 13, 1928 – October 16, 1969
Service recordPaul Everett Wall, of Buena Park, California, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 16, 1969, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 83
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ldo (6302)
- Born
- February 13, 1928
- Home of record
- Buena Park, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 16, 1969
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 83
- DAVID LOUIS JOLIETSpecialist Four · October 15, 1969
- BEN CALHOUN WARDPrivate First Class · October 15, 1969
- LAWRENCE RANDOLPH BOOTHMajor · October 16, 1969
- JIMMIE DONOVAN BROWNSpecialist Four · October 16, 1969
- LAWRENCE LEE DWYER JRLance Corporal · October 16, 1969
From Buena Park
- WALTER EDWIN HERRMANN IIILance Corporal · December 14, 1966
- RONALD CARL CRAPOCorporal · February 24, 1967
- DANIEL JENNINGS HOLCOMBSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER ERV HERDERICKSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- STEVEN ALLEN SOMMERSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- MARCEL ADELAR LAROCHELLECorporal · June 1, 1968
- LARRY DON BUTLERSergeant · September 2, 1968
- SAMMY BURROLA JRSpecialist Four · September 25, 1968
- GLENN LOUIS SPARKSPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
- THEODORE FRANK BEDRAPrivate First Class · August 26, 1970
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.