Paul E. Trimble

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| name =Paul E. Trimble

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1913|3|24}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|2005|11|16|1913|3|24}}

| birth_place =Agenda, Kansas, U.S.

| death_place = Palm Harbor, Florida, U.S.

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| allegiance = {{flagu|United States|1960}}

| branch = {{Flag|United States Coast Guard}}

| serviceyears =1936–1970

| rank = {{Dodseal|USCGO9|25}} Vice admiral

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| commands = Vice Commandant of the United States Coast Guard
Coast Guard Base Boston
USCGC Duane
{{USCGC|Storis|WMEC-38|6}}
{{USS|Sausalito|PF-4|6}}
{{USS|Hoquiam|PF-5|6}}

| battles = World War II

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| awards = Distinguished Service Medal (2)
Legion of Merit

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Paul Edwin Trimble (March 24, 1913 – November 16, 2005) was a Vice Admiral in the United States Coast Guard who served as the 10th Vice Commandant from 1966 to 1970.{{cite web |url=https://www.history.uscg.mil/Browse-by-Topic/Notable-People/All/Article/1778150/vice-admiral-paul-e-trimble/ |title=Vice Admiral Paul E. Trimble |publisher=U.S. Coast Guard |accessdate=2020-09-23}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.freightwaves.com/news/trimble-coast-guard-officer-and-lca-leader-dies-at-92|title = Trimble, Coast Guard officer and LCA leader, dies at 92|date = 9 December 2005}} He was born in Agenda, Kansas and was raised in Milaca, Minnesota.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2005/12/08/paul-trimble-coast-guard-officer-dies/97f3da30-d686-4ec3-b2b8-19d0c7af7f76/ |title=Paul Trimble, Coast Guard Officer, Dies |date=2005-12-08 |author1=Patricia Sullivan |newspaper=The Washington Post |place=Washington, D.C. |issn=0190-8286 |oclc=1330888409}}

Trimble earned a B.S. degree from the United States Coast Guard Academy in June 1936 and later received an M.B.A. with Distinction from the Harvard Business School in June 1942.