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PAUL JOSEPH SIMON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 26, 1946 – July 7, 1967
Service recordPaul Joseph Simon, of Abbeville, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 31
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 187 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Abbeville, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “187 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 31
- ANDREW CHARLES RABAIOTTILance Corporal · July 7, 1967
- JOSEPH ROBERT RIEBLILance Corporal · July 7, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD SAUERMajor · July 7, 1967
- MICHAEL BRUCE SMITHCorporal · July 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ALBERT DEROSIERCaptain · Panel 23E, Line 27
- IVRA ALLEN TATUMCorporal · Panel 23E, Line 32
From Abbeville
- RICHARD FRANKLIN ABSHIRESergeant · May 2, 1968
- EARL J GUILLORYSergeant · May 23, 1968
- DARNELL JOSEPH SONGNEHospitalman · September 17, 1968
- KING DAVID WASHINGTONPrivate First Class · November 30, 1968
- FARRELL JAMES VICESpecialist Four · May 24, 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.