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JOHN EVERETT PADDOCK
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 13, 1944 – September 11, 1966
Service recordJohn Everett Paddock, of Port Townsend, Washington, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 11, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Born
- March 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Port Townsend, Washington (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 87
- IVARS LAMASecond Lieutenant · September 11, 1966
- LARRY RAYMOND LAMBERTPrivate First Class · September 11, 1966
- MICHAEL RYAN MCLENDONLance Corporal · September 11, 1966
- GLENN ROSS PHILLIPS JRPetty Officer Third Class · September 11, 1966
From Port Townsend
- MARVIN GLEN SHIELDSPetty Officer Third Class · June 10, 1965
- TIMOTHY JAMES MCMAHONPetty Officer Third Class · September 18, 1966
- STEPHEN RAY LOPEMANPrivate First Class · May 11, 1969
- WILLIAM THOMAS SMITHCorporal · April 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.