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PAUL JOSEPH BRAUN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 25, 1948 – April 28, 1967
Service recordPaul Joseph Braun, of Milford, Connecticut, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 28, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 105
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
- Multichannel Equipment Operator (2532)
- Born
- May 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Milford, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 105
- TERRY LYNN YAWNPrivate First Class · April 27, 1967
- DONALD RAYMOND YOUNGPrivate First Class · April 27, 1967
- JOSEPH JAMES BORICKPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- FRANKLIN ANGEL CARASColonel · April 28, 1967
From Milford
- JEFFERY RAYMOND MALONEYCorporal · April 26, 1967
- HENRY MICHAEL SARMENTOCorporal · May 19, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES NELSONLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- RICHARD DOUGLAS CONKLINPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN BANNON JRSpecialist Four · April 11, 1969
- THOMAS DANIEL TIGHESergeant · January 10, 1970
- CLIFFORD E PARSONS JRPrivate First Class · July 17, 1970
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.