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PAUL WAYNE HANDERHAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 30, 1948 – April 25, 1970
Service recordPaul Wayne Handerhan, of Fords, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 25, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 50
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 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Fords, New Jersey (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 50
- DAVID ANGELO BARBARINOSpecialist Four · April 13, 1970
- RALPH OWEN HILLSpecialist Four · April 25, 1970
- ROBERT RAYMOND LEWISFirst Lieutenant · April 25, 1970
- JOHN CHARLES LUNDINSergeant First Class · April 25, 1970
- BOYD MAGEESergeant · April 25, 1970
From Fords
- VICTOR GEORGE MIKASecond Lieutenant · April 17, 1968
- ALAN BEDROCKCorporal · May 28, 1970
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.