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PAUL PHILLIP VANOVER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 21, 1941 – July 25, 1966
Service recordPaul Phillip Vanover, of Castro Valley, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 25, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 76
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supply Administrative Man - Manual Accounting (3041)
- Born
- September 21, 1941
- Home of record
- Castro Valley, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1966; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 76
- JACK PITTMANPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
- DONALD EUGENE SCHUMACHERLance Corporal · July 25, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
- MILES T TANIMOTOCaptain · July 25, 1966
From Castro Valley
- RICHARD LEE IANNICELLIPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- GLENN DOUGLAS MOOREWarrant Officer 1 · February 8, 1968
- WILLIAM BLAKELYPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- THAD BAZILY JESSIMANPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- GERALD THOMAS DUFFEYPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
- PATRICK STEVEN LAIRDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1968
- STEVEN CRAIG CANRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 27, 1968
- EDWARD THEODORE PETERS JRPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- DON JAY MCATEESergeant · April 18, 1969
- LARRY HOUSTON COOKEStaff Sergeant · April 19, 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.