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PAUL LELAND DAINS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 24, 1949 – December 8, 1968
Service recordPaul Leland Dains, of Maryland Heights, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 8, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 62
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
- October 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Maryland Heights, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 62
- DONALD KIRBY CHEEKSpecialist Four · December 8, 1968
- ALFRED PATRICK CLAYTONStaff Sergeant · December 8, 1968
- CARROLL EDWARD DERRILLPrivate First Class · December 8, 1968
- DOUGLAS DUPREESergeant · December 8, 1968
From Maryland Heights
- RICHARD ELVIN RICHARDSONLance Corporal · October 6, 1966
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.