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PAUL WILLIAM MOTLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 2, 1945 – February 23, 1969
Service recordPaul William Motley, of Idalou, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 11
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Idalou, Texas (Lubbock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; eight of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 11
- ROBERT BRUCE HUNTERSpecialist · February 23, 1969
- PAUL JOSEPH MITCHELLCorporal · February 23, 1969
- ROBERT CHARLES MORACorporal · February 23, 1969
- RONALD GENE MOSSCorporal · February 23, 1969
- WILLIAM EUGENE NULLPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS MICHAEL BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 91
- DAVID WILLIAM DUNFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 96
- WALTER SCOTT HAMNERMaster Sergeant · Panel 31W, Line 2
- KENNETH ROBERT JOHNSONCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 6
- FREDDIE RAY GUINNCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 7
- ANDREW JOHN KIEFHABERCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 7
- RICHARD STRODE MARKSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 9
- GENE LEO SALZERSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 20
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.