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PAUL WILLIAM RISINGER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 3, 1942 – November 8, 1967
Service recordPaul William Risinger, of Arlington, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 8, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 53
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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
- October 3, 1942
- Home of record
- Arlington, Virginia (Arlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 53
- RONALD PERSHING PRINCECorporal · November 8, 1967
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS REEVES JRPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- HOWARD LEONARD ROGERS JRStaff Sergeant · November 8, 1967
- DOUGLAS EDWARD SOLOMONSpecialist Four · November 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- SIMON ROSALINO MOLINAPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 52
From Arlington
- DAVID WEBSTERMajor · March 10, 1963
- THOMAS THEODORE MCLARNONSergeant · May 29, 1965
- JOHN THOMAS STICHERWarrant Officer 1 · December 6, 1965
- JOHN HENRY FULCHERPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- KEITH ALLEN CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · February 8, 1967
- JAMES DOHERTY HUNTERFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1967
- GEORGE ELLIS BYRDPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY OSBORN JONESAirman First Class · February 27, 1967
- LEROY PRESTON BOHRERMajor · March 9, 1967
- ANDREW THOMAS CASTELDASpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
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.