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PAUL ORBEN APPLEGATE
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 23, 1930 – April 19, 1971
Service recordPaul Orben Applegate, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 134 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 134
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 23, 1930
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1971
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 134
- LAWRENCE ERWIN CRAWLEYPrivate First Class · April 19, 1971
- JOHN STEVEN GENTKOWSKIPrivate First Class · April 19, 1971
- KENNETH MARVIN HATCHERPetty Officer Third Class · April 19, 1971
- BRUCE DENNIS OLSONLance Corporal · April 19, 1971
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 1966
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.