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KEILA PAOPAO
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 14, 1947 – January 28, 1968
Service recordKeila Paopao, of San Francisco, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 28, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 14, 1947
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1968; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 56
- DONALD RAY BUCKLESCorporal · January 28, 1968
- TIMOTHY JAMES MCKIERNANWarrant Officer 1 · January 28, 1968
- ROBERT STEPHEN PLUNKETTCorporal · January 28, 1968
- ROGER DELL QUILLENPrivate First Class · January 28, 1968
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
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.