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PAUL ROY SEVERSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 22, 1945 – August 25, 1968
Service recordPaul Roy Severson, of Glenwood, Illinois, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 22
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- June 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Glenwood, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1968; four of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 46W, Line 22
- ANDRES RIVERA-RUIZCorporal · August 25, 1968
- KEITH WILLIAM ROWELLSergeant · August 25, 1968
- WILLIAM WAYNE SEAYSergeant · August 25, 1968
- JERRY LEE SIMMONDSCorporal · August 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LESLIE L BRUCKER JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 46W, Line 11
- MICHAEL BANION DOOLEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 46W, Line 14
- FORESTAL ALONZO STEVENSSpecialist Five · Panel 46W, Line 23
- JOHN CLARENCE STROMESpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 24
- KLAUS DIETER SCHOLZSergeant First Class · Panel 37W, Line 14
From Glenwood
- SCOTT EDWARD WISECorporal · August 17, 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.