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JOHN PAUL PAROPACIC
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 10, 1946 – April 21, 1967
Service recordJohn Paul Paropacic, of St Marys, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 21, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 63
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- June 10, 1946
- Home of record
- St Marys, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 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
58 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1967; 48 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 63
- GARY DEMPSY GRIMESLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
- EUGENE ARTHUR PASTROVICHPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- DENNIS WAYNE PAWLOWICZPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- LARRY CHARLES PETTAWAYLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
From St Marys
- JEROME ROBERT SAINPrivate First Class · January 21, 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.