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PAUL R LUNSFORD
Major · U.S. Air Force
October 22, 1922 – April 25, 1969
Service recordPaul R Lunsford, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 25, 1969, in Thailand, at age 46. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 45
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 22, 1922
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1969
- Age
- 46
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1969. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 45
- JOHN ERNEST DOBASHSpecialist Five · April 25, 1969
- MICHAEL RODNEY DORMANStaff Sergeant · April 25, 1969
- PAUL FAULKStaff Sergeant · April 25, 1969
- FRED ANDREW HARTMAN JRSecond Lieutenant · April 25, 1969
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.