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PAUL LAFONTAINE MARCHANT
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 4, 1947 – October 18, 1969
Service recordPaul Lafontaine Marchant, of Moline, Illinois, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 18, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 88
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. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Dog Handling Officer (4371)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Moline, Illinois (Rock Island County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 88
- PETER EMMANUEL GUTLOFFPetty Officer Third Class · October 18, 1969
- WILLIE MORRIS JONESLance Corporal · October 18, 1969
- ROBERT LEE LACOMBECorporal · October 18, 1969
- WILLIAM ANDREW RUDDANPrivate · October 18, 1969
From Moline
- DENNIS WILLIAM BROWNSergeant · June 19, 1967
- ROLLEEN C SORIMPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- ROGER ELLIS JARVISSergeant First Class · October 16, 1967
- LEROY ALPHUS ROSTPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- LEROY FLOYD SCHYSKAPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- STEPHEN C MOSELEYSergeant · December 12, 1967
- MICHAEL JAY WARRENFirst Lieutenant · April 25, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES SMITHLance Corporal · May 17, 1968
- RAYMOND ROBERT VARNER JRLance Corporal · June 12, 1968
- RICKY JEROME ALMANZACorporal · September 3, 1968
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.