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PAUL REX COMBS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 3, 1946 – January 21, 1968
Service recordPaul Rex Combs, of Bellingham, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Bellingham, Washington (Whatcom County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh 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 35E, Line 4
- JOHN JENARO CONTRERASPrivate · January 21, 1968
- REECE A CRITCHFIELD JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1968
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS CRUITTPrivate First Class · January 21, 1968
- MICHAEL G DONOVAN IIISpecialist Four · January 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GLEN ROBERT BARNHILLSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 2
- SEABORN DAN JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 6
From Bellingham
- JOHN EVERETT HIGMANPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- ALAN MICHAEL TANGUAYPrivate First Class · March 10, 1966
- JOHN MORTON ROPERMajor · November 29, 1966
- ANTON THOMAS BORNSTEINSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- MARK ROSS EVERETTSpecialist Four · July 2, 1967
- DONALD THOMAS STEINBRUNNERMajor · July 20, 1967
- DEWAIN V DUBBPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- RAINER SYLVESTER RAMOSChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 9, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL ODELLSecond Lieutenant · April 30, 1968
- ROGER HOWARD SPARKSSergeant · May 3, 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.