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PAUL JOSEPH MARQUEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 25, 1943 – September 9, 1965
Service recordPaul Joseph Marquez, of San Pedro, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 9, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 25, 1943
- Home of record
- San Pedro, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 79
- THOMAS EUGENE CZZOWITZCorporal · September 9, 1965
- HARRY ALLAN HIPKEPrivate First Class · September 9, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAM MAHLERPrivate First Class · September 9, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
From San Pedro
- DONALD STEPHEN NEWTONSergeant First Class · February 26, 1966
- MOLIMAU ASOMALIU TELASergeant · April 13, 1966
- DOUGLAS ELLSWORTH NICHOLSFirst Lieutenant · February 27, 1967
- RALPH PAUL VILLEGASPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- STEVE BUTOROVICCorporal · May 2, 1968
- FREDDIE JOE CIGARPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- LAWRENCE PINALESLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
- WILLIAM ARTHUR HEEPLieutenant · August 24, 1968
- DAVID PATRICK DOLANLance Corporal · January 26, 1969
- JOHN ANTHONY BURICH JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 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.