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PAUL R HELTSLEY III
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 19, 1944 – July 17, 1964
Service recordPaul R Heltsley III, of Akron, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 17, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- April 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Akron, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1964
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1964. In July 1964, 17 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 58
- JOSEPH WILLIAM BURKETTMajor · July 13, 1964
- BILLY T HATFIELDCaptain · July 13, 1964
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
From Akron
- ANDREW MILLARD KEACaptain · May 16, 1965
- GEORGE HOWARD FRAZEE JRSergeant · May 28, 1965
- FRANK WILLARD WILSONCorporal · June 6, 1965
- ROBERT DUANE STEPANOVSpecialist Four · July 5, 1965
- RICHARD WEBSTERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- WAYNE HULEN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1966
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HOGARTHFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1966
- JOSEPH STANLEY VESELY JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- JAMES QUINEL AYDLETTFirst Lieutenant · July 11, 1966
- CLIFFORD LEE CARPENTERPrivate First Class · July 20, 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.