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PAUL RANDOLPHE BYRNE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 12, 1945 – December 11, 1966
Service recordPaul Randolphe Byrne, of Lorton, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 11, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 32
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Lorton, Virginia (Fairfax County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 32
- VITO VINCENT BRUNOPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- THOMAS GLENN DETAMBLESpecialist Four · December 11, 1966
- ELMER WILLIAM DICKENSStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1966
- ROBERT THOMAS DOUGHTYSpecialist Four · December 11, 1966
From Lorton
- WILLIAM RICHARD GRAHAMPrivate First Class · March 6, 1966
- HARRY QUINCY ROSECaptain · February 21, 1969
- ROBERT F MCDONALD IIPrivate First Class · March 25, 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.