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PAUL THOMAS LOONEY
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
June 10, 1941 – May 10, 1967
Service recordPaul Thomas Looney, of Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 10, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 84
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-46 Qualified (7562)
- Born
- June 10, 1941
- Home of record
- Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 84
- KENNETH WESLEY MCGEEPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- MALCOLM THOMAS MILLERPetty Officer Third Class · May 10, 1967
- RUSSELL PERRY MILLERPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- ROGER MORTON NETHERLANDCaptain · May 10, 1967
From Shelburne Falls
- RONALD EDWARD WISSMANSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- WILLIAM KIMBAL BATCHELDERPetty Officer First Class · May 22, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD PALMERIPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
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.