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PAUL WILLIAM MALEC
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 24, 1937 – May 14, 1966
Service recordPaul William Malec, of Summerdale, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 24, 1937
- Home of record
- Summerdale, Alabama (Baldwin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 59
- DONALD LEWIS KINGColonel · May 14, 1966
- STANLEY JOHN KOPCINSKILance Corporal · May 14, 1966
- JOSEPH EMMETT LILLEYPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
- GEORGE JACOB MACKPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
Same unit, same day
- NORMAND JOSEPH ASHTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 58
- REUBEN BUTCHERSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 58
From Summerdale
- LEONARD EARL GILESLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- JOHN LESLIE STABLERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- JOHN IRVING LASSITTERFirst Lieutenant · December 4, 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.