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PAUL RUSSEL HATTABAUGH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 29, 1944 – April 2, 1966
Service recordPaul Russel Hattabaugh, of Rensselaer, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 76
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Rensselaer, Indiana (Jasper County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 76
- TERRY R MCLEANStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1966
- DONALD FRANKLIN MCMILLANCaptain · April 2, 1966
- NORMAN NORWOOD MILLERSpecialist Four · April 2, 1966
- WELDON DALE MOSSPrivate First Class · April 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES MOORE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 75
- NORMAN NORWOOD MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 76
- LARRY EMMETT ROSEPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 77
- HENRY MITCHELL VINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 78
From Rensselaer
- LEONARD FRANCIS LANESergeant · September 19, 1966
- ALLEN WAYNE STATHCorporal · May 26, 1967
- COLUMBUS VIRGLE GROSSSergeant · May 21, 1971
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.