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MICHAEL JAMES PADDOCK
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 29, 1948 – June 28, 1969
Service recordMichael James Paddock, of Atascadero, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 28, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 29
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Atascadero, California (San Luis Obispo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 29
- HERBERT LOGSDON JRCorporal · June 28, 1969
- KEVIN DOUGLAS LOWSergeant · June 28, 1969
- STEVEN LAVELLE MCGINNISPrivate First Class · June 28, 1969
- CHARLES LEE MOSS JRStaff Sergeant · June 28, 1969
From Atascadero
- ROBERT STANLEY MAGUIREPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- WILLIAM JAMES HANSENPrivate First Class · July 6, 1968
- TERRY DIXON RATLIFFLance Corporal · September 26, 1968
- DENNIS JOHN STANLEYSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- MARK CARL ALFORDSergeant · September 3, 1969
- ERIC ALAN BOSCHPrivate · December 27, 1969
- GARY DEAN HALLIDAYPrivate First Class · March 25, 1971
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.