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PAUL VAUGHAN MARTINDALE
Captain · U.S. Army
August 26, 1946 – April 28, 1972
Service recordPaul Vaughan Martindale, of Letohatchee, Alabama, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1972, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 9
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Letohatchee, Alabama (Lowndes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1972
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1972; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1972, 106 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 9
- FRANKLIN ZOLLICOFFERSpecialist Four · April 24, 1972
- FRANKLIN EASTFirst Sergeant · April 28, 1972
- WILLIAM ALLEN HAINES JRWarrant Officer 1 · April 28, 1972
- PETER RICHARD MILLERSpecialist Four · May 1, 1972
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ALLEN HAINES JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 1W, Line 9
From Letohatchee
- JOSEPH WAYNE MCDONALDLance Corporal · February 8, 1970
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.