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PAUL LEWIS STIMPSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 5, 1942 – April 22, 1967
Service recordPaul Lewis Stimpson, of Portland, Maine, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 72
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
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 118 AVN CO 145 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 5, 1942
- Home of record
- Portland, Maine (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 72
- JAMES EDWARD OXLEYMajor · April 22, 1967
- MICHAEL C QUIREPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- IRA ALBERT RICEPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- KENNETH ROY RORICKPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- RAYMOND RIVERS TURNERPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
From Portland
- LESTER EARL MACDONALDSergeant · June 8, 1966
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM SHAY JRLance Corporal · June 15, 1966
- JAMES M MCDONOUGH JRCaptain · August 2, 1966
- ROBERT GREGORY WILLIAMSONPrivate First Class · November 10, 1966
- ROBERT ALLAN TURNERPetty Officer Second Class · May 18, 1967
- HAROLD ELLSWORTH SOUTHARDPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
- LAWRENCE LANOSpecialist Five · October 29, 1967
- STEPHEN JOHN WHIPPLEPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH DARCYChief Master Sergeant · December 29, 1967
- NORMAN EDWARD COLOSANTIPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
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.