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BRUCE MERLE PATTERSON
Ensign · U.S. Navy
March 6, 1945 – July 27, 1967
Service recordBruce Merle Patterson, of Portland, Oregon, served as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 27, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Ensign (ENS)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1325)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VAH 4 USS ORISKANY CVA 34
- Born
- March 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VAH 4 USS ORISKANY CVA 34”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 24E, Line 9
- PHILLIP MURRY MYLESPrivate First Class · July 27, 1967
- LEROY A NELSONSergeant First Class · July 27, 1967
- ROBERT WARREN NELSONPrivate First Class · July 27, 1967
- BOBBY GENE PETERSONSpecialist Four · July 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES DAVID HARDIEPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 24E, Line 6
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
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.