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PAUL JAMES KNEELAND
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 8, 1948 – September 18, 1969
Service recordPaul James Kneeland, of Lockport, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 108
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Lockport, New York (Niagara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- 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 September 18, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 108
- THOMAS EVERETT YOUNGPrivate First Class · September 17, 1969
- SCOTTY GENE AUSTINSpecialist Four · September 18, 1969
- WALLACE SPERGON CARTERSpecialist Four · September 18, 1969
- CURTIS ROY CLINEStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- SCOTTY GENE AUSTINSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 108
- LARRY DALE STROUSESpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 111
From Lockport
- GARY RAMOND LAMBERTPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- ROBERT EUGENE FOSTERStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1966
- OLIN RICHARD THRUSHCorporal · September 23, 1966
- WILLIAM JAMES SIPPELPetty Officer Third Class · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MCGINNISMajor · February 20, 1968
- TIMOTHY CHARLES HANNIGANSergeant · August 7, 1968
- FRANK EDWARD TIMIANSpecialist Four · April 12, 1969
- JAMES HOWARD LEESpecialist Four · July 15, 1969
- PHILIP JON STEMPERSpecialist Four · April 1, 1970
- GERALD PAUL WICKCaptain · February 15, 1971
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.