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PAUL MCEACHRON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 24, 1947 – August 15, 1967
Service recordPaul McEachron, of Stoughton, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 15, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 115
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 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Stoughton, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 115
- HARVEY JOSEPH MCSWAINPrivate First Class · August 15, 1967
- DAVID ALLEN NOLANFirst Lieutenant · August 15, 1967
- VALENTINE DANIEL UNCAPHERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1967
- HENRY ORLANDO VIGILCorporal · August 15, 1967
From Stoughton
- PAUL STEVEN CZERWONKAPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- MICHAEL BERNARD SHUMANSergeant · August 26, 1968
- GEORGE FREDRICK EVANSSergeant First Class · February 28, 1969
- SIMEON JOSEPH A BERGERONSpecialist Four · March 15, 1969
- GARY RICHARD GUESTCorporal · May 27, 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.