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GARY CLIFTON PADDOCK
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
April 15, 1947 – February 15, 1967
Service recordGary Clifton Paddock, of Marysville, Washington, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 15, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 35
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Damage Controlman (DC)
- Born
- April 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Marysville, Washington (Snohomish County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1967; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 35
- JOHN JAMES RAYMONDStaff Sergeant · February 15, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK REILLYSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- RODNEY HOWARD RICKLISeaman · February 15, 1967
- CHARLES LESTER ROBBINSMaster Sergeant · February 15, 1967
From Marysville
- DENNIS DALE BRADLEYFirst Lieutenant · September 22, 1966
- RONALD MORRIS HAYESPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- LARRY LEE PRICEPrivate · June 4, 1967
- JACK MICHAEL HAMMONDLance Corporal · October 18, 1967
- GREGORY CARL THOMPSONSpecialist Four · July 26, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.