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ROBERT MILTON PAULK
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
May 12, 1944 – May 24, 1968
Service recordRobert Milton Paulk, of Vallejo, California, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 68E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 68E · Line 6
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Vallejo, California (Solano County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1968; five of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 68E, Line 6
- GERALD THOMAS PARMETERSergeant · May 24, 1968
- JOSEPH J PASSAVANTI IIICorporal · May 24, 1968
- GARY LEE PATTERSONSergeant · May 24, 1968
- GARY WILLIAM PURCELLPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HU BLAKEMORE RHODESChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 69E, Line 1
- FLOYD LEE WILLIAMS JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 70E, Line 1
From Vallejo
- ROY LOCKHARTStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- CHARLES SHERLEE SATCHERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- ERNEST EUGENE SIMONSCorporal · April 16, 1966
- RUSSELL MARK WAGNERSergeant · January 28, 1967
- THOMAS LYLE BARLEENCorporal · April 12, 1967
- FREDERICK W FROMME JRLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- TERRY ALAN HARDINGPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- TOMMY RAY GARTONSpecialist Four · June 15, 1967
- ALFONSO PAUL BARTALOTTIPrivate First Class · November 27, 1967
- VICTOR ANTHONY ENDERIZSergeant · December 2, 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.