Name: WO1 James Lee Paul
Status: Body Not Recovered from an incident on 02/05/1971 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Age at death: 22.3
Date of Birth: 10/13/1948
Home City: Riverview, MI
Service: AV branch of the reserve component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: D/3/5 CAV, 5 INF
Major organization: 5th Infantry Division
Flight class: 70-21/70-19
Service: AV branch of the U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 05W-079
Short Summary: Flew into side of cliff off Khe Sanh & blew up. W/Carl M. Wood. wx.
Aircraft: AH-1G tail number 66-15340
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 100B = Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot
Primary cause: SVN-BNR
Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea
Compliment cause: vehicular accident
Vehicle involved: helicopter
Position in vehicle: co-pilot
Vehicle ownership: government
Started Tour: 10/07/1970
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - other aircrew
The initial status of this person was: hostile dead - killed out-right
Length of service: *
Location: Quang Tri Province I Corps.
Military grid coordinates of event: XD865443
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Non-hostile - died of other causes
single male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Roman Catholic
Burial information: ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, VA (IMO)
The following information secondary, but may help in explaining this incident.
Category of casualty as defined by the Army: non-battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: warrant officer
This record was last updated on 08/20/1995
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