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PAUL JAMES MEAUX
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 18, 1944 – August 17, 1968
Service recordPaul James Meaux, of Kaplan, Louisiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 17, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 32
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Kaplan, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1968. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 32
- HENRY EDWIN BENTON JRFirst Lieutenant · August 17, 1968
- CARLOS GONZALEZPrivate First Class · August 17, 1968
- ROBERT ALLEN HANNAMANSpecialist Four · August 17, 1968
- HOMER LAMAR MULLINAXSpecialist Four · August 17, 1968
From Kaplan
- ERASTE JOHN MARCEAUXCorporal · July 28, 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.