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PAUL THEODORE SHORT JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 9, 1942 – February 3, 1967
Service recordPaul Theodore Short JR, of Ardmore, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 3, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 113
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 9, 1942
- Home of record
- Ardmore, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1967; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 113
- CASIMIR NIESPODZIANYFirst Lieutenant · February 3, 1967
- WILLIAM RUSSEL PHILLIPSLieutenant Colonel · February 3, 1967
- STEPHEN CARROLL SANGERPrivate First Class · February 3, 1967
- PHILIP JEREMIAH SMITHPrivate First Class · February 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MARCO JOSEPH BARUZZISpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 110
- RAYMOND FRANK DEMORYSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 111
- STEPHEN CARROLL SANGERPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 113
- JERRY LOUIS SPICERStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 114
- ALVIN GENE TENNISONSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 114
- JACKSON THOMASPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 114
From Ardmore
- JAMES SCOTT GRAHAMLieutenant Commander · May 4, 1967
- JEREMIAH JOSEPH SULLIVANSpecialist Four · October 23, 1967
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.