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PAUL GORDON HAZEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 7, 1944 – September 23, 1966
Service recordPaul Gordon Hazen, of Center Line, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · 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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 7, 1944
- Home of record
- Center Line, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 51 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 3
- RAY WALTER HOLEMANPrivate First Class · September 23, 1966
- FRANK CHARLES HUBICSAKPrivate First Class · September 23, 1966
- JIMMY ALVIN JOHNSONSergeant · September 23, 1966
- NOE MAGALLANSergeant · September 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND E FLEMING JRPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 1
- DAVID ROSS AIKENPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 2
- LLOYD LEE GOODINGPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 2
- FRANK CHARLES HUBICSAKPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 3
- JIMMY ALVIN JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 11E, Line 3
- ANTONIO RICHARD OSUNASergeant First Class · Panel 11E, Line 4
- WILLIAM MACKS SHETRONSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 4
- CARMELO ROMAN-AGUILARPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 5
- JOSEPH THOMAS WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 5
From Center Line
- DANIEL FRANCIS CAHILLSergeant · February 24, 1969
- GERALD EUGENE BUTLERPrivate First Class · December 20, 1969
- VAUN ARLEN GORBEFirst Lieutenant · October 5, 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.