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PAUL RAYMOND THERIAULT
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 27, 1945 – May 24, 1968
Service recordPaul Raymond Theriault, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 24, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 69E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 69E · Line 3
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- August 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Cambridge, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 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
76 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 69E, Line 3
- FREDERICK GEORGE STEFFENHospitalman · May 24, 1968
- BRENT LESLIE SWABBYSpecialist Four · May 24, 1968
- TOUSSAINT LEO TITUSStaff Sergeant · May 24, 1968
- PHILIP GERALD TURNERStaff Sergeant · May 24, 1968
From Cambridge
- RICHARD A ROSBECKCaptain · October 3, 1966
- TIMOTHY JOSEPH LYNAHSpecialist Four · March 5, 1967
- ROGER MICHAEL HURDLance Corporal · May 21, 1967
- EDWARD STEPHEN DUFFETTLance Corporal · September 18, 1967
- ROBERT STEPHEN WALSHPrivate First Class · November 7, 1967
- PAUL WILLIAM RUMRILLCorporal · January 10, 1968
- FRANK PAUL JENCZYK JRPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- GERARD FRANCIS BERGINPrivate · August 27, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES QUINNPrivate First Class · January 7, 1969
- RICHARD ARTHUR LAMEIRASSergeant · March 9, 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.