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ROBERT DUANE PAULUS
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 7, 1944 – June 29, 1969
Service recordRobert Duane Paulus, of Wakarusa, Indiana, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 34
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 7, 1944
- Home of record
- Wakarusa, Indiana (Elkhart County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 34
- HARRELL SAMUEL MEFFORDWarrant Officer 1 · June 29, 1969
- PATRICK J OSHAUGHNESSYSpecialist Five · June 29, 1969
- ERNEST MICHAEL STAINESCorporal · June 29, 1969
- BENNY DAVIS STUCKEYSergeant · June 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN CARL GUENTHER JRSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 32
- GREGG CLIFTON HINDERKSPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 32
- DANIEL KEITH WAPINSKISecond Lieutenant · Panel 21W, Line 35
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.