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PAUL HENRY SHEEHAN
First Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 27, 1933 – July 7, 1969
Service recordPaul Henry Sheehan, of Boston, Massachusetts, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 7, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 78
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
- First Sergeant (1STSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 27, 1933
- Home of record
- Boston, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1969
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 78
- THOMAS JEFFERSON SIZEMOREStaff Sergeant · July 7, 1969
- CHARLES EARL SMITHStaff Sergeant · July 7, 1969
- CURTIS ADRON STEPHENSSergeant First Class · July 7, 1969
- SHELBY MILES TROTTERPrivate First Class · July 7, 1969
From Boston
- ORIEN JUDSON WALKER JRMajor · May 23, 1965
- SEYMOUR PATRICK SADBERRYPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- STEPHEN JOSEPH STERITIPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- BRUCE ELLSWORTH JASONStaff Sergeant · September 13, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD JOYCE JRFirst Lieutenant · November 16, 1966
- JOHN H JOYCEMajor · December 21, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH CONNERSPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS MURRAYCorporal · April 26, 1967
- LEO JOSEPH SULLIVAN JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- BOBBY LEE FINNEYSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
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.