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GERARD FRANCIS PAULSEN
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 11, 1946 – February 23, 1969
Service recordGerard Francis Paulsen, of Cambria Heights, New York, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 23, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 15
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- August 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Cambria Heights, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; 83 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 15
- RICHARD ALLEN PENKELance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- JOHN ALFRED PETERSONLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- LAWRENCE POETLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- JAMES BURNEL RICE JRCorporal · February 23, 1969
From Cambria Heights
- DOMINIC A DEANGELISPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- MICHAEL J MENCHISE JRPrivate First Class · July 20, 1967
- WAYNE WILLIAM BERNHARDTPrivate First Class · June 11, 1968
- MARTINIANO VALENTIN JRPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- MARLOWE EUGENE KEELSSpecialist Four · October 26, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM ARMENIOFirst Lieutenant · July 27, 1969
- MICHAEL JOHN MCGOVERN JRSpecialist Four · September 10, 1969
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.