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PAUL RICHARD WITHROW
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 9, 1944 – July 6, 1971
Service recordPaul Richard Withrow, of Clendenin, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 103
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- February 9, 1944
- Home of record
- Clendenin, West Virginia (Kanawha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1971
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1971; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 103
- CHARLES ELBERT BEALSSpecialist Four · July 7, 1970
- MICHAEL JOSEPH KNOXStaff Sergeant · July 7, 1971
- RAYMOND RALIFORD MAYSSergeant · July 7, 1971
- CHARLES PAUL PANQUERNESpecialist Four · July 7, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT FORD DAVISSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 101
From Clendenin
- MARVIN DEWAYNE CANTERBURYSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- JACK BERNARD YOUNGPetty Officer First Class · March 11, 1969
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.