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PAUL VERNON BLACK
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
April 26, 1948 – March 1, 1971
Service recordPaul Vernon Black, of Central Valley, California, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1971, in Cambodia, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 13
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Central Valley, California (Shasta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1971. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 13
- ARNOLD RAY BENTONStaff Sergeant · March 1, 1971
- RICHARD SAULERS BOWERSSpecialist Four · March 1, 1971
- JAMES HAMILTON COLBERTSpecialist Five · March 1, 1971
- GARY CHARLES DAVIDSpecialist Five · March 1, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT DALE UHLWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 4W, Line 15
From Central Valley
- JERRY ALAN CAMPAIGNECaptain · April 8, 1963
- EDWARD HUGH TIMMONSPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- MARION LEE ROACHStaff Sergeant · November 4, 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.