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PAUL WINTON WAHLER JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 21, 1943 – November 18, 1967
Service recordPaul Winton Wahler JR, of Racine, Wisconsin, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 18, 1967, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Engineer Equipment Officer (0663)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 14 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- March 21, 1943
- Home of record
- Racine, Wisconsin (Racine County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1967; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 20
- HARMON S STONE JRCorporal · November 18, 1967
- JAMES DAVID SUGGSPrivate First Class · November 18, 1967
- IGNACIO TORRES JRSergeant · November 18, 1967
- LEONARD B WASHINGTON JRPrivate First Class · November 18, 1967
From Racine
- GILBERT RONALD NICKERSONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT IRA BUSHCaptain · June 9, 1966
- ANTHONY GEORGE CALVERLEYLance Corporal · July 15, 1966
- WILLIAM JAMES ROHANPetty Officer Third Class · September 16, 1966
- JOHN CHARLES MERCIERLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
- LAVOUGHN HERMAN FOLKERSSergeant · February 28, 1967
- LARRY ALLEN WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- JAMES LEONARD BOEHLERPrivate First Class · August 21, 1967
- CHARLES ALLEN JOHNSONCorporal · September 11, 1967
- RAYMOND LEE CORK JRPetty Officer Third Class · December 4, 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.