The Wall › Panel 19W › Florida › Paul V Barrington JR
PAUL V BARRINGTON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 14, 1944 – August 13, 1969
Service recordPaul V Barrington JR, of Riviera Beach, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · 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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Riviera Beach, Florida (Palm Beach County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1969. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 19W, Line 28
- NELSON ANDINOPrivate First Class · August 13, 1969
- ALFRED BARNES JRPrivate First Class · August 13, 1969
- RICHARD LEE BROWNPetty Officer Third Class · August 13, 1969
- DOUGLAS JOHN BRUSTMANSecond Lieutenant · August 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JERRY LEE FORDHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 30
From Riviera Beach
- CHARLIE M YOUNGSergeant · February 28, 1966
- THERON SPENCER DEMPSEYSpecialist Four · March 18, 1966
- ISAAC THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- JAMES D KNOWLESSergeant · July 7, 1969
- ROBERT WILLIAM LABRECQUECorporal · September 18, 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.