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PAUL LEWIS SAWYER JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 26, 1942 – April 8, 1968
Service recordPaul Lewis Sawyer JR, of New Brockton, Alabama, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 53
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)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 26, 1942
- Home of record
- New Brockton, Alabama (Coffee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 53
- JOHN HAROLD BERGPrivate First Class · April 8, 1968
- ARTHUR WALTON HUNT IIICorporal · April 8, 1968
- ALAN PETER JONESSergeant · April 8, 1968
- JOHNNY RAY KINGCorporal · April 8, 1968
- STEVE DENNIS LEDFORDPetty Officer Third Class · April 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT HOWARD COLEGROVEStaff Sergeant · Panel 48E, Line 51
From New Brockton
- ROY LEE BASSPrivate First Class · January 6, 1970
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.