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PAUL RAY MADDOX
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 22, 1942 – December 23, 1967
Service recordPaul Ray Maddox, of Massillon, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 52
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 22, 1942
- Home of record
- Massillon, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 52
- THOMAS ELSWORTH LAYNE JRSpecialist Four · December 23, 1967
- THOMAS LEON NELSONPrivate First Class · December 23, 1967
- ANIBAL OYOLA-RABAGOCorporal · December 23, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · December 23, 1967
From Massillon
- TIMOTHY DALE BERRYLance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANCIS COYNELance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- RICHARD ELLSWORTH FUCHSLance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- ROBERT EDWIN BETHUNESpecialist Four · January 12, 1967
- LAMONT DOUGLAS HILLPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- WILLIAM LEE NULPH JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- DAVID WALLACE HENDLEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT SINNOCKSergeant · May 30, 1968
- TERRY CHIP WELTYSpecialist Four · September 5, 1968
- RONALD STANTONSergeant First Class · October 20, 1968
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.