Paul Eddie Kincaid

Sergeant
A CO, 1ST BN, 26TH MARINES, 3RD MARDIV
United States Marine Corps
14 March 1947 - 27 June 1967
Lanark, West Virginia
Panel 22E Line 071

3RD MARDIV

26TH MARINES
Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

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02 Jun 2008

I met Paul in boot camp in 1964. After boot camp at PI we were assigned to 1st Plt, Alpha 1/6 Marines at Lejuene. We ended up in the Dominican Campaign of 1965. Paul was loaned out to the base MPs for a while and later after our stint with 1/6, we were sent to Camp Pendleton for forming of 3/26 at Las Pulgas. One of the last stateside weekenders we made took us to Mexico. Ken Magyar and Paul and I ended up on the sidewalk of the bus station in Oceanside. I was the only one who had any cash left, but we caught a cab back to the barracks. Paul was transferred out of 3/26 at the same time Ken and I were mixed in with the other units in April/May 67. Ken ended up with 2/9 and I was in Fox 2/26. I had heard Paul was killed up north by a rocket attack but did not know until today exactly where that happened (Khe Sanh with A/1/26). Paul was a great friend and would do anything for you, and he was a squared-away Marine ... ask anyone who knew him.

Sgt. David E. Gill
USMC 64/68
gill120@roadrunner.com

A Note from The Virtual Wall

The Khe Sanh Combat Base came under heavy mortar fire on 27 June 1967, killing a total of ten Marines and one sailor:
  • A Btry, 1st Bn, 13th Marines
    • Cpl Edmund B. Travis, Sweetser, IN
    • Pfc Rick J. Stewart, Garden City, MI

  • A Co, 1st Bn, 26th Marines
  • H&S Co, 1st Bn, 26th Marines
    • LCpl Jonathan C. Whitticom, Laconia, NH

  • H&S Co, 3rd Bn, 26th Marines
    • SSgt William I. Bacon, Rye, NY
    • HM3 Curtis D. Jackson, Redding, CA


The point-of-contact for this memorial is
a friend,
David E. Gill
gill120@roadrunner.com



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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Memorial first published on 02 Jun 2008
Last updated 06/16/2008