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PAUL JOHN PELLETIER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 11, 1949 – June 6, 1968
Service recordPaul John Pelletier, of Wilbraham, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 11
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Wilbraham, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 65 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 11
- DENNIS W MOURGELASSpecialist Four · June 6, 1968
- LUIS FERNANDO PALACIOSLance Corporal · June 6, 1968
- WILLIAM HILL PARKERLance Corporal · June 6, 1968
- TERRANCE ALAN PICCIANOLance Corporal · June 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KEVIN JOHN DUGANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 59W, Line 1
From Wilbraham
- TED NORMAN TOLZMANNPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
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.