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PAUL GLEN BRIGHT
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 7, 1944 – March 2, 1971
Service recordPaul Glen Bright, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 16
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- July 7, 1944
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1971
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 16
- FREDERICK JOSEPH BAUMSergeant First Class · February 28, 1971
- STEVEN VINCENT ASTCorporal · March 2, 1971
- BYRON ALLEN BANGERTCorporal · March 2, 1971
- PAUL LESLIE BRADSHAWPrivate First Class · March 2, 1971
- JESSIE MICHAEL BROOKSStaff Sergeant · March 2, 1971
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.