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PAUL LOUIS DOMKE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 2, 1945 – July 21, 1967
Service recordPaul Louis Domke, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1967; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 99
- ARTHUR M DRIGGERS JRPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- WILLIAM M DUNCANFirst Lieutenant · July 21, 1967
- DONALD FRED FEEPetty Officer Second Class · July 21, 1967
- STANLEY FERBOSLance Corporal · July 21, 1967
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.