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WASHINGTON PAULEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 18, 1942 – May 12, 1969
Service recordWashington Pauley, of Timmonsville, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1969, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 81
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 18, 1942
- Home of record
- Timmonsville, South Carolina (Florence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; four of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 81
- RAYMOND FRANK NORVELLSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- MARVIN EDWARD PARKSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- BRUCE EDWARD PETEROYSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- ERNEST ANTHONY PINAMONTIPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CURTIS BREEDLOVESecond Lieutenant · Panel 25W, Line 62
- ROBERT G CEVALLOSSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 65
- CLYDE RAY GREENStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 69
- MELVIN GREEN JRSergeant First Class · Panel 25W, Line 69
- ADANO HERNANDEZ MADRIDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 25W, Line 76
- DENNIS ARTHUR MCELROYStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 78
- WAVERY MOOREStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 78
- RONALD GAIL SMITHEESecond Lieutenant · Panel 25W, Line 85
From Timmonsville
- SAMUEL JUNIOUS BROWNStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1967
- MATTHEW DEVANUGHAN KENNEDYSpecialist Four · June 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.