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JAMES RICHARD PAUL
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 27, 1946 – February 5, 1967
Service recordJames Richard Paul, of Huntington, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 5, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 123
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- March 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Huntington, Indiana (Huntington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 123
- ROBERT RAYMOND ECKERSergeant · February 5, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES ELGAARDCaptain · February 5, 1967
- HENRY ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · February 5, 1967
- MICHAEL AYR LOWERYPrivate First Class · February 5, 1967
From Huntington
- MIKE GARCIA BUSTOSSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- THOMAS WARDROP IIIPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LLOYD D PINKERTONPrivate First Class · January 10, 1967
- FLOYD RUSSELL NOEPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- RICHARD ALAN SCHEIBERSpecialist Four · November 13, 1967
- GARY MICHAEL ARCHIBALDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- ROBERT FRANKLIN ELSTONSergeant · April 30, 1970
- RONALD EDWIN ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · June 3, 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.
