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PAUL CHARLES SIRCHER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 9, 1946 – September 18, 1967
Service recordPaul Charles Sircher, of Ingleside, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 18, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 90
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Unit (as recorded)
- K CO 3 BN 7 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- July 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Ingleside, Illinois (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 90
- DALE GLENN SIEVERS JRPrivate First Class · September 18, 1967
- EDWARD CHARLES STATELMANPrivate First Class · September 18, 1967
- JACKIE ALLEN TUOHYPrivate First Class · September 18, 1967
- JOHN PAUL VISPrivate First Class · September 18, 1967
From Ingleside
- ROBERT EDWIN MILLER IIIStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1969
- CHARLES ROBERT SINKPrivate First Class · April 26, 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.