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PAUL ROBERT DEW
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 25, 1948 – January 16, 1969
Service recordPaul Robert Dew, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1969; eight of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 14
- ROBERT DALE ARMSTRONGLance Corporal · January 16, 1969
- JOHN CLAUD DEATONSpecialist Five · January 16, 1969
- RICHARD LEE DIXONSpecialist Four · January 16, 1969
- JUAN VARGAS ESTRADACorporal · January 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ALLEN CARLINCaptain · Panel 34W, Line 13
- JOHN CLAUD DEATONSpecialist Five · Panel 34W, Line 14
- FREDRICK LEE HOLDERSpecialist Five · Panel 34W, Line 15
- GEORGE FRANCIS LAPANChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 34W, Line 15
- JOHN MIRICHSpecialist Five · Panel 34W, Line 16
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.