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BOOKER T PATTERSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 9, 1948 – April 5, 1969
Service recordBooker T Patterson JR, of Jacksonville, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 5, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 21
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
- November 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Alabama (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1969; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 21
- STEPHEN ARTHUR DANIELLance Corporal · April 5, 1969
- RICHARD WAYNE PERDUEPrivate First Class · April 5, 1969
- BOYCE DEAN PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · April 5, 1969
- LARRY ALLEN REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · April 5, 1969
From Jacksonville
- ALFRED JEFFERSON HOLDENTechnical Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- EDGAR BOWIE LUEALLENSergeant · April 16, 1966
- HORACE ALVIE HOLBROOKAirman Second Class · May 12, 1967
- HERMAN ALVIN MCBRIDESergeant First Class · November 29, 1967
- CLIFFORD EUGENE FORD JRLance Corporal · June 9, 1968
- RICHARD CHARLES MILLERCaptain · September 3, 1969
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.