Paul Norman Northrup served as a Specialist 5 in Company C, 46th Engineer Battalion, U.S. Army, as a combat engineer. Before his first discharge in 1960, he served in Germany as an armored personnel carrier driver. He enlisted on 1 Sep 1958 at Fort Devens, MA, was later recalled to active duty in 1961, and was honorably discharged on 5 March 1963 at Bronx, NY.