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PAUL HERBERT EKLUND
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 31, 1941 – November 19, 1965
Service recordPaul Herbert Eklund, of Everett, Washington, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 101
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 31, 1941
- Home of record
- Everett, Washington (Snohomish County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 101
- FELIX RODRIQUEZLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- RAY LAGRANDE NELSONSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- DAVID LEE REEDERSergeant · November 19, 1965
- EVERETT BARL THOMPSONPrivate First Class · November 19, 1965
Same unit, same day
- RAY LAGRANDE NELSONSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 101
- DAVID LEE REEDERSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 101
- FRANK DONALD TRYPUSSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 102
From Everett
- PATRICK MICHAEL DOYLELance Corporal · March 25, 1966
- BILLIE DWAINE LANDERSStaff Sergeant · September 17, 1966
- ROBERT LAYMON ARMITAGEPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- RONALD DAVID HARTSpecialist Four · February 17, 1967
- JOE PAUL LARSENPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- EDWARD JOHN WAGNER JRSergeant · May 19, 1967
- ROBERT HARVEY PEARSONCaptain · June 11, 1967
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL DAWSONSpecialist Four · July 21, 1967
- RICKY PALMER MATTERNWarrant Officer 1 · September 3, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANK PELTONCorporal · September 10, 1967
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.