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PAUL LAROY BINDER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 20, 1948 – January 16, 1970
Service recordPaul Laroy Binder, of Port Washington, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1970, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 38
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Port Washington, Wisconsin (Ozaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quang Duc Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 38
- RONALD JAMES FUITEPrivate First Class · January 15, 1970
- JAMES DOUGLAS CONNFirst Lieutenant · January 16, 1970
- NEDWARD CLYDE ESTES JRFireman · January 16, 1970
- KEITH BERNELL LACKEYPrivate First Class · January 16, 1970
- ROBERT MARC MILDNERPrivate First Class · January 16, 1970
From Port Washington
- JAMES THOMAS KEARNSLieutenant Commander · September 14, 1965
- MARCO FRANCISCO MUELLERLance Corporal · May 15, 1968
- JEROME NORMAN DOLLCorporal · May 31, 1969
- LON PAUL GREGORASHSpecialist Four · June 18, 1971
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.