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PAUL LAWRENCE VERNON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 1, 1935 – February 24, 1967
Service recordPaul Lawrence Vernon, of Homestead, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 24, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 1, 1935
- Home of record
- Homestead, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1967
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1967; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 88
- HILLIARD ALMOND WILBANKSCaptain · February 24, 1967
- WILLIAM AYRE COGGESHALLSpecialist Four · February 25, 1967
- PETER COGILLPrivate First Class · February 25, 1967
- LEON DELBERT ECKHARTSpecialist Four · February 25, 1967
From Homestead
- THEODORE JOHNSONLance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- JOHN ELDREW BARRONCorporal · January 12, 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.