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Contact Info
Home Town Born in Tucumcari, NM. Raised in Santa Fe.
Last Address Los Angeles, Calif.
Date of Passing Mar 27, 1995
Location of Interment Los Angeles National Cemetery (VA) - Los Angeles, California
The 1940 census also identifies him at that time as an independent "Writer" and his father then as a freelancing "general short hand Reporter". Soon thereafter young Brinegar joined the United States Navy to serve four years during World War II as a chief radio operator in the South Pacific. After the war he returned to California, where he applied his military training and experience to earn a living in the Los Angeles area as a radio repairman. He also resumed his pursuit of an acting career in his spare time, playing bit parts in movies.
Paul enlisted on 4 March 1942, Service Number 5183727. He received an honorabe discharge 11 November 1945.