RANGERS 2 Sawtelle, Paul Coburn

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Sawtelle ​

• FORENAME

Paul Coburn ​

• UNIT

Company L (Ranger),75th Infantry ​

• RANK

First Lieutenant​

• NUMBER

124383917 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

16th April 1971 ​

• AGE

24 ​

• GRAVESITE

U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery,West Point,Orange County,New York Section 34 Site 39​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Hicksville,New York​

born 20.12.1946 Memphis,Tennessee​

single​

graduated USMA,West Point 1969 (2Lt Inf)​

graduated IOBC and Airborne School,Fort Benning,Georgia​

graduated Ranger School (Class 6-70) 18.12.1969​

82nd Airborne Division​

327 Infantry Regiment (Company D,1 Bn) August 1970​

Co. L (Ranger),75th Infantry​

awards Bronze Star,Air Medal,Army Commendation Medal​

promoted Captain posthumously​

KIA A Shau Valley,Thua Thien Province,South Vietnam​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 04W Line 129 ​

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