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PAUL JAMES GORMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 26, 1948 – July 30, 1968
Service recordPaul James Gorman, of Watertown, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 30, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 35
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
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- July 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Watertown, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 35
- ROBERT LINLEY GARDNERTechnical Sergeant · July 30, 1968
- JOHN W JACOBSON SRSpecialist Four · July 30, 1968
- THOMAS ORTEGA JIMENEZ JRLance Corporal · July 30, 1968
- ROBERT QUINNPrivate First Class · July 30, 1968
From Watertown
- JOHN ROBERT JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1966
- JOHN HERBERT MORENOSergeant · March 1, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH SULLIVANPrivate First Class · March 8, 1968
- WILLIAM KENNETH REGANSergeant · July 7, 1968
- PAUL JOSEPH SULLIVANFirst Lieutenant · August 9, 1968
- RICHARD STEPHEN MOXLEYPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- FREDERICK E HARRINGTON JRCorporal · October 22, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK CASEYWarrant Officer 1 · May 18, 1969
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.