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PAUL GEORGE TELLES
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 4, 1949 – January 31, 1969
Service recordPaul George Telles, of Newark, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 31, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 29
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Newark, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- 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 31, 1969; seven 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 33W, Line 29
- BOBBY DALE ROGERSLance Corporal · January 31, 1969
- JOSEPH BRADLEY RUSHSergeant · January 31, 1969
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL WEICHECorporal · January 31, 1969
- GARLAND GUY WHALENCorporal · January 31, 1969
From Newark
- ROBERT CARL BOYDPrivate First Class · December 22, 1966
- MARTIN WALTER MORENOSpecialist Four · January 5, 1967
- JOSEPH LYNWOOD SHREVE JRFirst Lieutenant · May 1, 1968
- KENNETH ALBERT WEDMANSpecialist Five · September 12, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE SMITH JRSpecialist Five · December 20, 1968
- VAN HARVEY PEARSONSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
- RAUL ROY BARRERA JRSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- MARK JEFFERY MILLERPrivate First Class · January 26, 1973
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.