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PAUL JOSEPH LANDRY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 14, 1942 – April 29, 1967
Service recordPaul Joseph Landry, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1967, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 113
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 14, 1942
- Home of record
- New Bedford, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 113
- ROGER DALE CAUDILLPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- JOHN CHLEWAPrivate · April 29, 1967
- WILLIAM GRANT DAILEY JRLance Corporal · April 29, 1967
- DONNIE RAY DEHARTPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN FREDERICK FLEMINGSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 114
- GEORGE WILLIAM MCDANIELPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 115
From New Bedford
- EDWARD JOSEPH ALMEIDAPrivate · July 8, 1965
- WILLIE JOSEPH WRIGHTSergeant First Class · December 5, 1965
- KENNETH EDWARD BEAUREGARDPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- PAUL ELIAS HASSEYPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- JAMES KEVIN OLEARYLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- LUIZ PINA JRLance Corporal · December 2, 1966
- JOHN JAMES CONWAYPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
- JAMES CLIFTON OFFLEYPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- NORMAND LOUIS BEAULIEUCorporal · June 2, 1967
- CAESAR AUGUSTUS PINTOPrivate First Class · August 9, 1967
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.