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BRUCE DIXON PATTERSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 6, 1945 – January 13, 1967
Service recordBruce Dixon Patterson, of Glendale, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 13, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- May 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Glendale, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 23
- ROBERT STEVEN KEENERPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH KEHOELance Corporal · January 13, 1967
- NORMAN LEE MOOREPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
From Glendale
- RONALD WAYNE MACKLINWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- GARY NELS NELSONCorporal · June 4, 1966
- ALLAN JOSEPH ALTIERIPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE BILLINGSLEYPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- GLENN EDWARD INSPRUCKERFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1966
- GARY THOMAS MCCLAINLance Corporal · December 24, 1966
- STEPHEN FRANK BURLINGAMESpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
- LARRY ROY STEPHANSecond Lieutenant · May 1, 1967
- RICHARD DUANE KLUGPrivate First Class · November 14, 1967
- LARRY LEONARD MAXAMCorporal · February 2, 1968
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.