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PAUL J LIFRIERI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 7, 1947 – April 13, 1967
Service recordPaul J Lifrieri, of Highland Mills, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Highland Mills, New York (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 23
- DENNIS RALPH SIVERLINGSergeant · February 3, 1966
- ROBERT KENNETH HICEPrivate · April 13, 1967
- NORMAN THEODORE KERRTechnical Sergeant · April 13, 1967
- HAROLD EUGENE MAHYTechnical Sergeant · April 13, 1967
- HERMAN EUGENE MILLERMaster Sergeant · April 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DALE ALAN BISHOPPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 21
- RICHARD EUGENE BOYLESpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 21
- WALTER LEWIS GIBSONPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 22
From Highland Mills
- PHILIP EDWARD RUMINSKI JRSpecialist Four · January 7, 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.