PAUL E DUFFORD
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HONORED ON PANEL 31E, LINE 64 OF THE WALL

PAUL EDWARD DUFFORD

WALL NAME

PAUL E DUFFORD

PANEL / LINE

31E/64

DATE OF BIRTH

09/05/1948

CASUALTY PROVINCE

PHUOC LONG

DATE OF CASUALTY

12/08/1967

HOME OF RECORD

WEST MIDDLESEX

COUNTY OF RECORD

Mercer County

STATE

PA

BRANCH OF SERVICE

ARMY

RANK

SP4

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REMEMBRANCES

LEFT FOR PAUL EDWARD DUFFORD
POSTED ON 3.14.2023
POSTED BY: Luther Patton

Will always remember.

Paul and I trained together at Tigerland Fort Polk Louisiana; we rode horse's one day while on a day pass! We shipped over on the same ship the USNS Geiger! Arrived Vietnam Vung Tau July 1967. We were in the same platoon! November Platoon! I watched that morning after the battle as they carried your body on a stretcher from the battlefield. You were a very brave man; you were awarded the Silver Sar for saving the lives of two other soldiers that were with you on L.P. (Listening Post) that night. I was our Platoon Leaders RTO (Radio Telephone Operator)! I will always remember you Paul, may you Rest in Peace my Vietnam Brother!
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POSTED ON 9.5.2022
POSTED BY: Dennis Wriston

I'm Proud of Our Vietnam Veterans

Specialist Four Paul Edward Dufford, Served with Company D, 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, United States Army Vietnam.
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POSTED ON 5.25.2022
POSTED BY: John Fabris

honoring you...

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. As long as you are remembered you will remain in our hearts forever…..
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POSTED ON 6.25.2021

Battle of Hill 172 – December 8, 1967

On December 6, 1967, the 1st Infantry Division’s 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry and B Battery, 1st Battalion, 5th Artillery conducted an air assault and established a night defensive position (NDP) approximately two miles southeast of Bu Dop Camp near the Vietnam-Cambodia border in Phuoc Long Province, RVN. The NDP was carved out of a bamboo thicket, located on the south side of Hill 172 astride an east-west trail. At 1:00 AM on December 8th, a medivac “dustoff” entered the NDP to remove three men injured in a mine accident. As the helicopter came in, an undetected Viet Cong (VC) force opened fire with small arms. The attack was quickly followed by a mortar barrage of 60mm and 82mm rounds which fell northwest of the NDP. Counterfire was immediately called from supporting artillery and two ambush patrols outside the NDP were brought in. A C Company listening post detected heavy movement, blew five Claymore mines, and also returned to the perimeter. D and B Company’s sides of the perimeter began to receive enemy probes all along the line. Minutes later, heavy automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenade fire began hitting the northwest perimeter. Howitzers in the NDP directed fire into the wood line, breaking up a VC attack. At 2:00 AM, a second attack developed on the southeastern portion of the perimeter between D and B Company. The enemy reached the concertina wire around the NDP but was quickly driven away by supporting 105mm artillery fire. The Big Red One forces continued to fire at the retreating VC forces until 4:00 AM. A sweep of the perimeter at daylight revealed forty-nine VC bodies and numerous bloody trails. An estimated 140 enemy were killed and numerous weapons were captured along with six wounded VC. U.S. loses were four killed and fourteen wounded. The lost personnel included SP4 Kenneth R. Benjamin, SP4 Paul E. Dufford, SGT John M. Ray, and SP4 John E. Thiel. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and “Danger Forward” (September 1968), a 1st Infantry Division publication]
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POSTED ON 9.5.2020
POSTED BY: Karen Lips

Thank You

You lost your life on what was my 6th birthday. As young as I was, I was aware of Vietnam as my family knew several people who either had a son or a husband in Vietnam. I remember my mother telling her friends, " We need to pray for the boys in Vietnam", which is what I did every night as I said my prayers. I believe God was with you and took you to heaven. Rest in peace, brave soldier.
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