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PAUL WILLIAM CASEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 20, 1943 – May 15, 1967
Service recordPaul William Casey, of Merrick, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 125
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 20, 1943
- Home of record
- Merrick, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 125
- CHESTER ARTHUR LEDERHOUSE JRLance Corporal · July 13, 1966
- NEIL ELLIS BATEMANPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- LONNIE R BUTTSSpecialist Five · May 15, 1967
- ALLAN RAY CHAFFINLance Corporal · May 15, 1967
- BRUCE ADRION ILESCorporal · May 15, 1967
From Merrick
- JOEL MELNICKPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- JOSEPH RALPH SIMONEPrivate First Class · October 21, 1966
- JOHN FREDERICK DUGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- GEORGE FRANK SODAITISFirst Lieutenant · August 9, 1967
- GEORGE HENRY ULRICHCorporal · September 29, 1967
- DONALD EDWARD KREUSCHERSergeant · November 15, 1967
- ROBERT GARY PIAZZAPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- PAUL JAMES COATESLance Corporal · May 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE GEORGE KOCHSpecialist Four · November 26, 1968
- JOSEPH WILLIAM DEVLINFirst Lieutenant · March 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.