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PAUL EVERETTE PAQUIN JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 3, 1949 – June 27, 1970
Service recordPaul Everette Paquin JR, of Montvale, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Montvale, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 99
- GERALD LEE MCDOWELLSergeant · June 27, 1970
- CHARLES DANIEL PEDIGOSpecialist Four · June 27, 1970
- GARY MORGAN PRIDGENSpecialist Four · June 27, 1970
- ROBERT JAMES WALTERSCaptain · June 27, 1970
From Montvale
- GEORGE MICHAEL SMYRYCHYNSKICorporal · October 13, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH PALLPrivate First Class · April 2, 1968
- DAVID WILLIAM BROOKSSpecialist Four · November 7, 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.