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PAUL SCHECKLER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 17, 1949 – July 3, 1968
Service recordPaul Scheckler, of Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 3, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 4
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
- May 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 4
- ROY HOWARD MCCLAINPrivate First Class · July 3, 1968
- WARREN MOYER JRLance Corporal · July 3, 1968
- FRANKLIN DELANO RATLIFFCorporal · July 3, 1968
- CRAIG LEWIS SMITHCorporal · July 3, 1968
From Huntingdon Valley
- DAVID RICHARD SIMONSSergeant · January 4, 1968
- MICHAEL ANTHONY PASTORINOSpecialist Four · November 17, 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.