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PAUL TIMOTHY WHITTINGTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 14, 1944 – April 30, 1966
Service recordPaul Timothy Whittington, of Bells, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 15
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Bells, Tennessee (Crockett County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 15
- GEORGE THOMAS STRIDIRONSergeant First Class · April 30, 1966
- WILLIAM WILKOWSKY JRPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
- WILLIAM LYLE BAUERPrivate First Class · May 1, 1966
- CHARLES BOYD WHITEPrivate First Class · May 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD ROBERT HYSELLSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 13
- ROGER WARDELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 13
- EDWARD R LETOURNEAU JRSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 14
- HAROLD B MARSHALLSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 14
- MURRAY SIMS MOSELEYSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 14
- GEORGE THOMAS STRIDIRONSergeant First Class · Panel 7E, Line 15
- WILLIAM WILKOWSKY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 15
From Bells
- LANNY ROSS BOLDINGPrivate First Class · February 16, 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.