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MICHAEL BRADLEY PAQUIN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 8, 1946 – December 15, 1967
Service recordMichael Bradley Paquin, of Westport, Connecticut, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 15, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 3
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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Westport, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1967; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 3
- RICHARD L NORTONPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES OLSON JRPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
- RILEY CHARLES ONEIL JRCorporal · December 15, 1967
- JUAN SANCHEZ OZUNASergeant · December 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN JOHN WHIPPLEPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 7
From Westport
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL BARMMERLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- STEPHEN ADAMS SHORTALLFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1969
- FREDERICK M RADER IIIFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1970
- FRANCIS ANTHONY WALSH JRMajor · December 21, 1972
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.