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PAUL ANDREW STEIN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 4, 1948 – November 22, 1968
Service recordPaul Andrew Stein, of Villa Park, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 22, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 38
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- October 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Villa Park, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1968
- 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
40 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1968; 19 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 38
- JAMES KIETH SANDERPetty Officer Third Class · November 22, 1968
- RAYMOND PAUL SANTORAPrivate First Class · November 22, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD SHEPPARDPetty Officer First Class · November 22, 1968
- JAMES WALTER SINCEREPrivate First Class · November 22, 1968
From Villa Park
- GERALD FRANCIS NOVAKSpecialist Four · March 2, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL DUNBARSpecialist Four · November 20, 1967
- THEODORE JAMES STURTEVANTSpecialist Four · February 10, 1968
- SAMUEL NICHOLAS HARTPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
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.