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PAUL L DARDEN JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 11, 1947 – May 8, 1968
Service recordPaul L Darden JR, of Snow Hill, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 1
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Snow Hill, North Carolina (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 57E, Line 1
- ROLAND CLEMON CROSBYSpecialist Four · May 8, 1968
- RAYMOND M DASILVA JRPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- JAMES LESLIE DAYTONWarrant Officer 1 · May 8, 1968
- GREG ALAN DUBOISPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY EDWARD CANAPPCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 34
- ECKHARD GERHARD BRENKERCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 35
From Snow Hill
- ELIJAH WATERSPrivate First Class · December 14, 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.