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PAUL FREDERICK SAYERS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 3, 1933 – April 14, 1970
Service recordPaul Frederick Sayers, of Tazewell, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 3
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- April 3, 1933
- Home of record
- Tazewell, Virginia (Tazewell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1970
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 3
- HAROLD VAN CUMMINGS JRLance Corporal · April 14, 1970
- ALAN DALE HELMICKSpecialist Four · April 14, 1970
- JERRY WAYNE LOFTONSpecialist Four · April 14, 1970
- RONALD IRVIN MCDONALDAirman First Class · April 14, 1970
From Tazewell
- ROBERT LEE LAIRDStaff Sergeant · June 28, 1965
- JOHN RAYMOND BOWLING SRSpecialist Four · October 31, 1966
- DONALD LYNWOOD MARTINEZSpecialist Four · April 17, 1967
- WILLIS LEONARD MCBRIDESergeant · October 9, 1967
- JAMES TIPTON ELSWICK JRPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
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.