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PAUL RAYMOND STRIEPE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 2, 1944 – January 3, 1968
Service recordPaul Raymond Striepe, of Holstein, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 33
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 2, 1944
- Home of record
- Holstein, Iowa (Ida County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 33
- JOHN WALTER THOMPSONStaff Sergeant · January 3, 1968
- DONALD FRANKLIN WEBBSergeant · January 3, 1968
- MELFORD WAYNE WESTCorporal · January 3, 1968
- MILAN CHAUNCEY WYDRACorporal · January 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HARRY ROBERT BARTHOLOMEWPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 25
- JAMES THOMAS CLAIRPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 26
- JAMES LEE SCHERERPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 32
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.