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WILLIAM PAUL JUSTICE
Captain · U.S. Air Force
February 15, 1935 – March 28, 1969
Service recordWilliam Paul Justice, of Niagara Falls, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 28, 1969, in Laos, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 15, 1935
- Home of record
- Niagara Falls, New York (Niagara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1969
- Age
- 34
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1969. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 28W, Line 71
- DENNIS GEORGE JOHNSONLance Corporal · March 28, 1969
- JOHN PATRICK LANDRYLance Corporal · March 28, 1969
- WILLIAM JAMES MASKESergeant · March 28, 1969
- DUSTAN WILLIAM MEEKSSpecialist Four · March 28, 1969
From Niagara Falls
- GILBERT MICHAEL NICKLASPrivate First Class · November 14, 1965
- RONALD TERRANCE TERRYStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- GARY LLOYD HENDERSONCorporal · March 9, 1966
- CHARLES CLINTON CURTIS JRPrivate First Class · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL JAMES NEWMAN JRCorporal · March 21, 1967
- JOHN PAUL BOBOSecond Lieutenant · March 30, 1967
- WALTER JAMES PTASNICKCorporal · April 15, 1967
- DAVID FRITZ BITTENBENDERCaptain · July 7, 1967
- THOMAS WALTER SITEKLieutenant Commander · August 23, 1967
- ROBERT TAYLORLance Corporal · September 27, 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.