MOS:0331 M60 Machine Gunner.
Paul was born in Memphis and lived there all
of his life until he enlisted in the Marines
19 September 1967,at the Memphis Recruiting
Office.
He arrived in Vietnam 6 March 1968 and was
assigned to Bravo Company,2st Battalion,27th
Marine Regiment,1st Marine Division.Paul died
as a result of gunshot wounds to the head and
body from hostile rifle fire along a canal,7
kilometers east of the Hue Citadel,during an
encountered with NVA/VC forces.
Survived by his wife;Carlene Whitthorne of
240 Lucerne Place,Memphis and his parents,
Paul L & Mildred T Whitthorne Jr of 2526
Manchester Road,Memphis,TN.
MOS:0331 M60 Machine Gunner.
Paul was born in Memphis and lived there all
of his life until he enlisted in the Marines
19 September 1967,at the Memphis Recruiting
Office.
He arrived in Vietnam 6 March 1968 and was
assigned to Bravo Company,2st Battalion,27th
Marine Regiment,1st Marine Division.Paul died
as a result of gunshot wounds to the head and
body from hostile rifle fire along a canal,7
kilometers east of the Hue Citadel,during an
encountered with NVA/VC forces.
Survived by his wife;Carlene Whitthorne of
240 Lucerne Place,Memphis and his parents,
Paul L & Mildred T Whitthorne Jr of 2526
Manchester Road,Memphis,TN.
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