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BOBBY GENE PATRICK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 21, 1944 – November 5, 1967
Service recordBobby Gene Patrick, of Quicksand, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 23
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Quicksand, Kentucky (Breathitt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 23
- JERRY LEE WIGGINSCorporal · November 4, 1967
- GLEN RAYMOND WILLIAMSSergeant · November 4, 1967
- THOMAS ELROY BALL JRSpecialist Four · November 5, 1967
- EARL GLENN COBEILLieutenant Colonel · November 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CARL PHILIP MCCORMICKSergeant · Panel 29E, Line 25
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.