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PAUL GLEN DAWSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
January 6, 1935 – June 11, 1965
Service recordPaul Glen Dawson, of Culver City, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 11, 1965, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 7
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 6, 1935
- Home of record
- Culver City, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1965
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1965; seven of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 7
- DONALD VOL HESTER JRLieutenant · September 6, 1964
- MARVIN GLEN SHIELDSPetty Officer Third Class · June 10, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- ALVIN JAMES DIMONDCaptain · June 11, 1965
- MERLE EDWARD ESTESStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1965
From Culver City
- FRANCISCO XAVIER SAENZPrivate First Class · June 13, 1965
- JOSEPH MILTON BUTLERPetty Officer Third Class · December 23, 1965
- MICHAEL VINASSASpecialist Four · May 22, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS PITTPrivate First Class · October 25, 1966
- CLIFFORD JAMES VOLKE IISergeant · January 23, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN KRALIKCorporal · April 13, 1968
- JACK BURT GORTONSergeant · May 17, 1968
- MICHAEL ANTHONY MINKOSergeant · December 22, 1968
- TED DOUGLAS MILLSSergeant · March 21, 1969
- JIMMY WAYNE PHIPPSPrivate First Class · May 27, 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.