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PAUL HERMAN VILLAROSA
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
September 7, 1928 – January 4, 1968
Service recordPaul Herman Villarosa, of Lake Tahoe, California, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 43
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- September 7, 1928
- Home of record
- Lake Tahoe, California (Placer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1968
- Age
- 39
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1968. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 33E, Line 43
- THEODORE TAYLOR JRSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- JOHN GEOFFREY TURKLance Corporal · January 4, 1968
- ROBERT VALENTI VINSCOTSKISpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- RONALD R WATSONSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID RICHARD SIMONSSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 41
- FRANK OLIVARES TABOADAPrivate · Panel 33E, Line 42
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.