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PAUL PONCE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 22, 1948 – August 15, 1969
Service recordPaul Ponce, of Santa Clara, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 47
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Santa Clara, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 47
- PAUL MICHAEL ROBERTSPrivate First Class · August 15, 1969
- RONNIE LEE ROBERTSONSpecialist Four · August 15, 1969
- ROBERT HAZEN SHIELDS IIWarrant Officer 1 · August 15, 1969
- JOHN GERDES SMITHCorporal · August 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DWIGHT ANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 43
- DANIEL EDWARD CAREYPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 43
- TYRONE CHATMANCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 44
- DAVID BURNETT LENTZSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 45
- RAYMOND GEORGE MASSESpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 46
- TERRY KEITH MCDONELLCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 46
- JOSEPH WILLIAM MITCHELLSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 46
- RONNIE LEE ROBERTSONSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 47
- JOHN GERDES SMITHCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 47
- WILLIAM HAROLD SOMERVILLECorporal · Panel 19W, Line 48
From Santa Clara
- DAVID LEE ROSELance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- GREGG ERWIN REEDSeaman · September 28, 1966
- DARWIN JOEL THOMASEnsign · October 14, 1966
- JOHN PAUL FRANKELStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1966
- KEITH LLOYD BENSONSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- ROBERT KIYOSHI KAWAMURAStaff Sergeant · February 15, 1968
- KENNETH MICHAEL SHANNONCaptain · February 18, 1968
- ROBERT WARREN HARDESTYSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- TERRENCE JOHN BELLOMOPrivate First Class · March 21, 1968
- FREDRIC BRUCE DAVISSpecialist Four · January 14, 1973
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.