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PAUL JOSEPH JAMES
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
April 23, 1948 – March 7, 1970
Service recordPaul Joseph James, of Miramar, Florida, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 92
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- April 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Miramar, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 92
- ALBERT HENRY GATES JRCaptain · March 7, 1970
- DENNIS RAY HEERMANSergeant · March 7, 1970
- JIMMIE JACK JONES JRSpecialist Five · March 7, 1970
- KAY KAZU KIMURAFirst Lieutenant · March 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN LESLIE LANEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13W, Line 93
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.