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PAUL THOMAS BURRIER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 9, 1948 – March 31, 1970
Service recordPaul Thomas Burrier, of Catonsville, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 31, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 62
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Catonsville, Maryland (Baltimore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 62
- WILLARD CLINTON DEBOLTCorporal · March 31, 1970
- ROBERT HARRY FENNELLCaptain · March 31, 1970
- DAVID HUGH HARLOWSergeant · March 31, 1970
- HARRY ELLIS HAYESFirst Lieutenant · March 31, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HARRY ELLIS HAYESFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12W, Line 62
- DANIEL KAYE KOHLSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 63
- THOMAS JOHN SHRINERStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 63
- NEWTON LEE TAPPPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 64
From Catonsville
- EARL FAISON JRCorporal · April 2, 1967
- THOMAS STEGMANLieutenant Commander · February 28, 1968
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.