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PAUL QUAMMEN ETTER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 12, 1946 – December 8, 1968
Service recordPaul Quammen Etter, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 8, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 63
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- January 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Ann Arbor, Michigan (Washtenaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- 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; 29 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 63
- ROBERT PRESTON ENGLISHCorporal · December 8, 1968
- DOUGLAS DALE ESTESSpecialist Four · December 8, 1968
- FIAPAI FANUA JRPrivate · December 8, 1968
- EDDIE DALE FOSTERPrivate First Class · December 8, 1968
From Ann Arbor
- GEORGE FREDERICK VLISIDESMajor · January 27, 1965
- DAVID DAYLE MCKENZIELance Corporal · July 12, 1965
- DONALD BARRETT RODDYPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- WALTER EDWIN MCINTIRE JRPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- STANLEY JAMES THOMPSONSpecialist Four · February 4, 1966
- CLARK NEWELL WOODWORTH JRCaptain · February 28, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY JOHNSONCorporal · April 17, 1966
- DAVID RAYMOND WAGENERCaptain · October 20, 1966
- DANIEL JOHN ILLIPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- ROBERT JOHN CRABBEFirst Lieutenant · April 18, 1967
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.