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PAUL FRANCIS TERSTEEGE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 15, 1935 – January 24, 1969
Service recordPaul Francis Tersteege, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 24, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 72
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- October 15, 1935
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 72
- GLENN HASKELL ROLLINSSergeant · January 24, 1969
- RICHARD JOHN SADICKPrivate First Class · January 24, 1969
- RAYMOND WALTER SULLIVANSpecialist Four · January 24, 1969
- JOHN OLIVIO TAFOYASpecialist Four · January 24, 1969
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 1966
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.