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A 5th Special Forces Group sergeant teaches Civilian Irregular Defense Group trainees, March 1967.
A 5th Special Forces Group sergeant teaches Civilian Irregular Defense Group trainees, March 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, DASPO, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Paul J Hess JR.

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PAUL J HESS JR

First Lieutenant · U.S. Army

March 21, 1938 – November 11, 1966

Service record

Paul J Hess JR, of Sharon, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 12E · Line 54

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
First Lieutenant (1LT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Parachutist, Petroleum Products Supply Officer (74960)
Unit (as recorded)
SPECIAL FORCES
Born
March 21, 1938
Home of record
Sharon, Pennsylvania (Mercer County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 11, 1966
Age
28
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)

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What was happening

24 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.

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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.