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PAUL ROBERT DRUMMOND
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 3, 1946 – March 22, 1966
Service recordPaul Robert Drummond, of Providence, Rhode Island, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 22, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 37
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- L CO 3 BN 7 MAR 4 MARDIV
- Born
- April 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Providence, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1966; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 37
- DENNIS RAY BRUCECorporal · March 22, 1966
- WILLIAM ERVIN BURKE IIIPetty Officer Third Class · March 22, 1966
- JOHNNIE M CURLEESpecialist Four · March 22, 1966
- MICHAEL JULIAN DELGADO JRSergeant · March 22, 1966
From Providence
- MCGEARY LITTLEJOHNSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD ANTHONY CARUOLOLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
- EDMUND HENRY HORNSTEINMajor · April 12, 1966
- WILBERT ISOM ANDREWSPrivate · May 5, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH ONEILL JRMaster Sergeant · August 13, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSELL DAVISCorporal · August 21, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS PANZARELLAFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1966
- EDWARDO ENRI CAZANAS-DIAZSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- JOSEPH DONAT NOELSpecialist Four · January 14, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM MARTINSpecialist Four · February 1, 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.