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PAUL TEJEDA ARAMBULA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 12, 1947 – March 12, 1968
Service recordPaul Tejeda Arambula, of Oakland, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 28
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1968; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 208 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 28
- RODNEY JOHN LAWSONFirst Sergeant · March 12, 1968
- JAMES RILEY LEDBETTERHospitalman · March 12, 1968
- WILLIE B LEEPrivate First Class · March 12, 1968
- JOHN LEE MATTOCKCorporal · March 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BERND BACHLEDAPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 24
- RICHARD LANCE DUNLAPSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 25
- LEON GEORGE EDWARDSSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 25
- WILLIAM ARTHUR JONESSergeant · Panel 44E, Line 27
- CARLOS V TREVINOStaff Sergeant · Panel 44E, Line 31
- FRANCISCO LUIS VALLESergeant First Class · Panel 44E, Line 31
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 1966
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.