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PAUL JAMESON NEELY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 5, 1945 – April 27, 1969
Service recordPaul Jameson Neely, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 27, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1969; six of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 66
- JAMES CHARLES MOORE JRStaff Sergeant · April 27, 1969
- RICHARD ARLEN OMANCorporal · April 27, 1969
- RICHARD DUANE ORLANDOLance Corporal · April 27, 1969
- FRANK JOSEPH PROKOPLance Corporal · April 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ARNOLD REX BRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 59
- LARRY DEE BROCKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 26W, Line 60
- BILLY CLAYTON CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 60
- WILLIAM WAYNE HENDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 62
- GARY ROY SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 67
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.