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PAUL JOSEPH PEOPLES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 3, 1949 – March 12, 1969
Service recordPaul Joseph Peoples, of Mt Vernon, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 22
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Mt Vernon, Alabama (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1969; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 22
- DALMACIO P PASCUA JRStaff Sergeant · March 12, 1969
- THOMAS CHARLES PRANGEPrivate First Class · March 12, 1969
- JOHN ARTHUR RAMIREZCorporal · March 12, 1969
- DAVID GEOFFREY RANKINSpecialist Five · March 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EWALD HACKERSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 19
- JOHN ARTHUR RAMIREZCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 22
From Mt Vernon
- WILLIAM ALLISON ANDERSONSpecialist Four · November 6, 1969
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.