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PAULL DAVID JOSE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 11, 1948 – November 1, 1968
Service recordPaull David Jose, of Garden City, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 77
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Garden City, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1968; five of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 77
- FLOYD W HOUGHTALING IIISeaman · November 1, 1968
- ARISTOTOLES DEL R IBANEZPetty Officer First Class · November 1, 1968
- WILLIE LEE JAMESPrivate First Class · November 1, 1968
- SAMUEL KAULUHAIMAI KAHANASpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LESLIE VON BOWMANSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 71
- ERNEST FRISSELL COOKE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 72
- WILFREDO CINTRON-MENDEZSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 75
- DENNIS KENNETH OCONNORSergeant · Panel 39W, Line 3
From Garden City
- GARY LEWIS ELMOREPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- PETER THOMAS FITZPATRICKLance Corporal · February 20, 1966
- RICK JAMES STEWARTPrivate First Class · June 27, 1967
- MICHAEL LAWRENCE TROMBLEYLance Corporal · August 2, 1967
- RODNEY BARRETTE CLINEPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
- RONALD DAVID GOULETSergeant · January 3, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL LAROUCHESergeant · January 30, 1968
- RODNEY ROYCE BERNARDLance Corporal · June 5, 1968
- BRYAN THOMAS KAYSpecialist Four · August 7, 1968
- GEORGE EDWARD KOTTYANSpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
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.