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PAUL ISAAC VEGAS
Seaman · U.S. Navy
August 25, 1953 – April 22, 1975
Service recordPaul Isaac Vegas, of Redondo Beach, California, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 22, 1975, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 120
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USS OKINAWA LPH 3
- Born
- August 25, 1953
- Home of record
- Redondo Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1975
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1975. In April 1975, 16 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 120
- STEPHEN EUGENE BULLARDPrivate First Class · August 21, 1973
- WILLIAM DEXTER HARRISSpecialist Four · September 14, 1973
- CHARLES F SCOTTCaptain · November 27, 1973
- RICHARD MORGAN REESCaptain · December 15, 1973
- DAVID L WEEKSLieutenant Colonel · November 12, 1974
From Redondo Beach
- EDMUND FRANCIS THORNELLCaptain · September 10, 1966
- PHILIP HARRY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 2, 1967
- EDWARD ARTHUR PAINEPetty Officer Third Class · May 17, 1967
- GREGORY RAY GINGERICHPetty Officer Second Class · May 25, 1967
- ROGER MILTON POIRIERSergeant · August 2, 1967
- CHRISTIAN LARS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
- GARY MICHAEL DIAZCorporal · February 4, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH NARDELLISpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- BARRY WAYNE HOOPERLieutenant · March 5, 1968
- KARL LUCASStaff Sergeant · April 25, 1968
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.