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PAUL SILVEY COLVIN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 30, 1942 – August 1, 1967
Service recordPaul Silvey Colvin, of Culpeper, Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 114 AVN CO 13 AVN BN DEL PROV GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 30, 1942
- Home of record
- Culpeper, Virginia (Culpeper County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “114 AVN CO 13 AVN BN DEL PROV GRP 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 59
- HERMAN C BROEGELER IIILance Corporal · August 1, 1967
- CHARLES GILMAN BUTLER JRLance Corporal · August 1, 1967
- DAVID JAMES CARLTONCorporal · August 1, 1967
- LEVAN ARLIN CHURCHLance Corporal · August 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ERNST RILEYSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 63
From Culpeper
- MICHAEL EDWARD STEWARTLance Corporal · May 13, 1967
- JOHN ROBIN VRABELPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- EDWARD ODELL SPENCERPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- HENRY THOMAS CURTIS IIPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
- THOMAS LEE STANLEYSpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
- CALVIN M MINORPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWARD FINCHAMSpecialist Four · October 10, 1969
- DANIEL LEWIS WOODPrivate First Class · January 14, 1970
- FLOYD BURNETT COATESSpecialist Four · March 25, 1970
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.