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PAUL RAYMOND FOLTZ
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
May 27, 1943 – October 21, 1971
Service recordPaul Raymond Foltz, of Terre Haute, Indiana, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 21, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · 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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url No Warfare Specialty (1105)
- Born
- May 27, 1943
- Home of record
- Terre Haute, Indiana (Vigo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1971
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 45
- EDWARD JOSEPH DOGGETTSpecialist Four · October 20, 1971
- RICHARD JOSEPH PRIVITARCaptain · October 20, 1971
- WILLIAM ARTHUR SHELTONPrivate First Class · October 20, 1971
- HERMAN CURTIS CAHOONSergeant First Class · October 21, 1971
From Terre Haute
- EUGENE RUSSELL FOWLERCaptain · April 27, 1965
- PAUL LOUIS LEMAYSergeant · October 18, 1965
- HERMAN RICHARD MENEELYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ROBERT RAY MYLESStaff Sergeant · July 25, 1966
- JAMES WALTER SIMSStaff Sergeant · September 9, 1966
- PEARL WAYNE MYERSPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- QUENTIN RIPPETOE BEECHERChief Warrant Officer 3 · June 11, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD GISHCorporal · October 25, 1967
- STEPHEN PERRY JONESSergeant · October 27, 1967
- WILLIAM H RICHARDSON JRPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
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.