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PAUL LEE BIGELOW
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 28, 1947 – March 15, 1968
Service recordPaul Lee Bigelow, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 188 of its members that month.
He died in Hua Nghia Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 57
- WILBERT RAY BARBEESpecialist Four · March 15, 1968
- DANNY EUGENE BLEVINSPrivate First Class · March 15, 1968
- CHARLES LARRY BONNERSergeant · March 15, 1968
- SAMUEL JEROME FRIESONPrivate First Class · March 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD ARTHUR LIONETTACorporal · Panel 44E, Line 60
- PAUL AARON YOUNGSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 60
- GERALD JAMES WINCHCaptain · Panel 44E, Line 63
- DAVID REESE YOUNG JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 44E, Line 64
From Grand Rapids
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
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.