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PAUL DAVID DERBY
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
January 4, 1943 – November 17, 1968
Service recordPaul David Derby, of Menomonie, Wisconsin, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 17, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 77
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Frs Basic F/A-18 Pilot (I) (7521)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VMFA 115 MAG 13 1 MAW
- Born
- January 4, 1943
- Home of record
- Menomonie, Wisconsin (Dunn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 39W, Line 77
- RONALD ALBERT YANCHARLance Corporal · November 16, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL YOUNGPrivate First Class · November 16, 1968
- PHILLIP RUSSELL ANDERSONLance Corporal · November 17, 1968
- JACK ALLEN BOWMANPrivate First Class · November 17, 1968
From Menomonie
- FREDERIC CLARENCE STYERSpecialist Four · May 28, 1967
- WAYNE MICHAEL HAYESFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1967
- JOHN ROY HULBERTPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- JOHN LEON ABRAMSLieutenant · July 13, 1968
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.