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PAUL LAVERNE OAKES JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 30, 1941 – June 19, 1968
Service recordPaul Laverne Oakes JR, of Atlantic, Iowa, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1968, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 37
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 30, 1941
- Home of record
- Atlantic, Iowa (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1968; two of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 118 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 37
- CHARLES ANTHONY MCKINNEYSpecialist Four · June 19, 1968
- ROBERT A MCLOUGHLIN JRCorporal · June 19, 1968
- LARRY REX OLSONPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- GERALD ARTHUR PHILLIPSSpecialist Six · June 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL ARTHUR BOGUSKISpecialist Four · Panel 56W, Line 32
- JERRY LEROY ADDISStaff Sergeant · Panel 56W, Line 34
- JON RICHARD WINGERSergeant · Panel 55W, Line 3
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.