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PAUL SIRIANNI JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 26, 1949 – October 31, 1970
Service recordPaul Sirianni JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 33
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- July 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1970; eight of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 33
- WALTER LAWRENCE MAURERSergeant · November 1, 1970
- JOSEPH EARL ROHLINGERSpecialist Four · November 1, 1970
- ERHARD JIMMIE ADAMSSergeant · November 2, 1970
- GREGORY WAYNE AULTMANSpecialist Four · November 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS GARY EHLERSSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 31
- RICHARD MICHAEL FACERSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 31
- ROBERT EDISON LINVILLESpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 32
- TIMOTHY FRANCIS MURPHY JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 6W, Line 32
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.