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PAUL RICHARD EDINGTON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 23, 1944 – May 12, 1967
Service recordPaul Richard Edington, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 12, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 94
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 94
- JAMES HOWARD ESTERGRENStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1967
- GARY ALLAN FARLOWLance Corporal · May 12, 1967
- RUSSELL THOMAS FORDPrivate First Class · May 12, 1967
- DAVID LEE GALELance Corporal · May 12, 1967
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.