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PAUL FREDERICK FOULK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 4, 1948 – September 7, 1969
Service recordPaul Frederick Foulk, of Greenville, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 7, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Greenville, Pennsylvania (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1969; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 54
- DAVID MICHAEL HARTOGHLance Corporal · September 7, 1969
- LEO FRANCIS HARTSUFFSergeant · September 7, 1969
- DOUGLAS JOSEPH LAMBERTPrivate First Class · September 7, 1969
- MICHAEL GLENN LOYDPrivate First Class · September 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GARY LEE BOWDLERSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 53
- JOHN LEWIS ERFORD JRCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 53
- JAMES WOOD MEGEHEEStaff Sergeant · Panel 18W, Line 55
- ALBERTO MILAR JRSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 55
- JESS H VANWINKLE JRSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 57
From Greenville
- PAUL WILLIAM BUSHFirst Lieutenant · March 22, 1968
- ALLEN NEIL PALMPrivate First Class · December 5, 1968
- STEPHEN ANDREW BEDNARSpecialist Four · July 15, 1971
- JOHN HENRY LOPOCHONSKY JRSpecialist Four · July 17, 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.