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PAUL THORIK JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 18, 1947 – April 30, 1968
Service recordPaul Thorik JR, of New Britain, Connecticut, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 30, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 24
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
- Born
- June 18, 1947
- Home of record
- New Britain, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1968; 53 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 24
- ALLEN LEE TERRYCorporal · April 30, 1968
- ARIE TERRYCorporal · April 30, 1968
- ALEXANDER TSIROSCorporal · April 30, 1968
- HAROLD J VIERHELLER JRSergeant · April 30, 1968
From New Britain
- JOHN M GRASSO JRPrivate First Class · November 27, 1965
- RICHARD EARL CHABOTLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- FLOYD MONROE HORTONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- RICHARD ARTHUR GILBREATHPetty Officer Third Class · July 22, 1966
- RICHARD W ROYSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- PEDRO O CANCELPrivate First Class · January 7, 1967
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH PELLETIERPrivate First Class · March 28, 1967
- MICHAEL DAVID SMITHLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- JOSEPH EVERETT LAVIGNEPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- JOHN DENNIS WHORFFSpecialist Four · August 29, 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.