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PAUL JOSEPH STRAUSSER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 12, 1946 – July 24, 1966
Service recordPaul Joseph Strausser, of Millington, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 24, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 71
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
- July 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Millington, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1966
- 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
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1966; 30 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 71
- JAMES ROBERT NASHPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- THOMAS FRANK PRESBYPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- DAVID PAUL SPEARSStaff Sergeant · July 24, 1966
- ROBERT LARRY STUDARDSLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
From Millington
- MARK FOSTER UDELLPrivate First Class · May 19, 1966
- THOMETT DARTHAN CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · June 5, 1966
- ROBERT L SMITHSergeant · August 25, 1966
- WILLIAM LARRY EVANSSpecialist Four · June 7, 1967
- FREDDIE JOE KEELEYPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
- JAMES ELTON ONEALSergeant · November 24, 1967
- CLIFTON MALONEStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1968
- LARRY MURDOCKSergeant · March 4, 1969
- ELTON HARROLD ALEXANDERPrivate First Class · September 5, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY YOUNT JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 24, 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.