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CARL EUGENE PATTEN
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 18, 1949 – April 29, 1970
Service recordCarl Eugene Patten, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1970; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 69
- JAMES WILLIAM MCGUIRESergeant · April 29, 1970
- TED ROGER MILLERPrivate First Class · April 29, 1970
- JOSE HECTOR ORTIZFirst Lieutenant · April 29, 1970
- WILLIAM JOHN SATTLER IIIPrivate First Class · April 29, 1970
- FREDERICK M ZIOMEKLance Corporal · October 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- EDGAR DAVIDSON BERNERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 11W, Line 66
- EDWARD JAMES BISHOP JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 66
- ROBERT SIDNEY BOGGSCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 66
- DAVID MOY BURKE JRSpecialist Five · Panel 11W, Line 67
- DENNIS WAYNE HUNTERCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 68
- JEFFREY JOHN KLAVESSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 68
- JAMES WILLIAM MCGUIRESergeant · Panel 11W, Line 69
- CLINT JOSEPH SIMSSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 70
- ROY HARRISON SNYDERSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 70
- WILLIAM JOHN STIEVESergeant · Panel 11W, Line 70
- LINWOOD ALFERONIA WALKERCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 71
- FREDERICK EDWARD WORTMANNSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 71
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.