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PAUL FRANCIS QUILL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 30, 1946 – January 12, 1968
Service recordPaul Francis Quill, of Weymouth, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 12, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 39
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
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- October 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Weymouth, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1968; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 39
- WILLIAM DAVID PORTSergeant · January 12, 1968
- MAX RAY SPANGLERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1968
- DARRY RICHARD STRAUSSERCorporal · January 12, 1968
- JULIUS THOMASCorporal · January 12, 1968
From Weymouth
- RICHARD B FITZGIBBON IIILance Corporal · September 7, 1965
- JAMES HENRY CAVICCHI JRLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN CANOVAPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
- WILLIAM HARRIS LITTLEPetty Officer Third Class · September 15, 1967
- RICHARD ROBERT KELLEYSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- MARK JOSEPH FITZGERALDFirst Lieutenant · February 25, 1972
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.