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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Paul Michael Gregovich.

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PAUL MICHAEL GREGOVICH

Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army

June 16, 1946 – July 15, 1967

Service record

Paul Michael Gregovich, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 23E · Line 75

Position of Panel 23E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Second Lieutenant (2LT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
Unit (as recorded)
196 LIGHT INF BDE
Born
June 16, 1946
Home of record
Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)

Casualty

Date of death
July 15, 1967
Age
21
Province
Quang Tin
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Died of Wounds
Circumstance
Grenade

Context · from the records

What was happening

35 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 23E, Line 75

Same unit, same day

From Cleveland

All 250 names from Cleveland →

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.