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GARY MICHAEL PAUL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 13, 1950 – May 29, 1969
Service recordGary Michael Paul, of Norway, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 29, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 17
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 13, 1950
- Home of record
- Norway, Michigan (Dickinson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 17
- RICHARD LEE PATTERSONFirst Lieutenant · May 29, 1969
- CHARLES C PFORDT JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 29, 1969
- GERALD WAYNE POSTENPrivate First Class · May 29, 1969
- WILTON STROUD PYLESecond Lieutenant · May 29, 1969
From Norway
- EDWARD CHARLES HULTQUISTPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- CLIFFORD LEONARD FAULLSergeant · April 4, 1968
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.