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PAUL LOUIS LEMAY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 21, 1941 – October 18, 1965
Service recordPaul Louis Lemay, of Terre Haute, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 18, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 126
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 21, 1941
- Home of record
- Terre Haute, Indiana (Vigo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 126
- JAMES MASSEYSergeant · August 24, 1965
- LARRY ALAN THORNEMajor · October 18, 1965
- SAMUEL THEODORE BAKERPrivate First Class · October 19, 1965
- MANFRED BERTOLD MILLERSpecialist Four · October 19, 1965
- JOHN BOWERS WORCESTERLieutenant Commander · October 19, 1965
From Terre Haute
- EUGENE RUSSELL FOWLERCaptain · April 27, 1965
- HERMAN RICHARD MENEELYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ROBERT RAY MYLESStaff Sergeant · July 25, 1966
- JAMES WALTER SIMSStaff Sergeant · September 9, 1966
- PEARL WAYNE MYERSPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- QUENTIN RIPPETOE BEECHERChief Warrant Officer 3 · June 11, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD GISHCorporal · October 25, 1967
- STEPHEN PERRY JONESSergeant · October 27, 1967
- WILLIAM H RICHARDSON JRPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- JACK JOSEPH KUPFERERPrivate First Class · January 19, 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.