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HOWARD ROBERT PAQUIN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 19, 1950 – April 18, 1969
Service recordHoward Robert Paquin, of Gabriels, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 18, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 2
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 3 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- June 19, 1950
- Home of record
- Gabriels, New York (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 2
- ROBERT LEROY MORGAN JRSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- JOSEPH EDWARD MORROW JRSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH NEVELSergeant · April 18, 1969
- PAUL DAVID SAVANUCKStaff Sergeant · April 18, 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.