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PAUL WILLIAM TRAINOR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 2, 1949 – August 2, 1968
Service recordPaul William Trainor, of Malden, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 2, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 2
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
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- February 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Malden, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 2
- RICKY EDWARD SMITHPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
- CARL DANIEL WAKEFIELDCorporal · August 2, 1968
- ROBERT STEVE WILHOITLance Corporal · August 2, 1968
- ALFRED LEROY WYANTCorporal · August 2, 1968
From Malden
- JOHN F WADENPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM ROBERTSONCaptain · January 9, 1967
- PETER MICHAEL SULLIVANPrivate First Class · February 8, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD MEUSEPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- EDWIN JAMES CASALETTOStaff Sergeant · May 29, 1967
- RAYMOND ALBERT GIGNACMaster Sergeant · January 19, 1968
- RODNEY ARTHUR ALFANOFirst Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
- SAMUEL JAMES RUMSON JRPrivate First Class · March 8, 1968
- DAVID EDWARD GREGOIRELance Corporal · March 20, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSE SHORTSLEEVESSpecialist Four · March 25, 1968
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.