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WILLIAM PAUL BACKER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 28, 1949 – January 12, 1968
Service recordWilliam Paul Backer, of Mandan, North Dakota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 12, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 33
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)
- Born
- June 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Mandan, North Dakota (Morton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 33
- KENNETH HARRY WIDONPetty Officer Second Class · January 11, 1968
- EUGENE MELVIN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · January 11, 1968
- JOHN ELDREW BARRONCorporal · January 12, 1968
- KENNETH WILLIAM BARSLOWSeaman Apprentice · January 12, 1968
From Mandan
- JOHN MICHAEL RENNERLance Corporal · July 28, 1969
- CARL STEPHEN BERGER JRSergeant · April 3, 1970
- RICHARD JOHN BOEHMSergeant · March 28, 1971
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.