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CHARLES EDWARD PATTERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 22, 1946 – August 18, 1967
Service recordCharles Edward Patterson, of New Madrid, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 18, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 13
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Bulk Fuel Specialist (1391)
- Born
- October 22, 1946
- Home of record
- New Madrid, Missouri (New Madrid County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 13
- CHARLES JAMES HOLLANDSergeant First Class · August 18, 1967
- DANIEL MAKAREWICZPrivate First Class · August 18, 1967
- FRED W MITCHELL JRStaff Sergeant · August 18, 1967
- LARRY J OROSCOPrivate First Class · August 18, 1967
From New Madrid
- LARRY JOE WILLIAMSCorporal · March 24, 1967
- ALLISON A WESTBROOKS JRSpecialist Five · January 20, 1968
- JEWEL EDWARD MCCLATCHEYSpecialist Four · January 27, 1969
- CLIFFORD JAMES RUSHSergeant · October 24, 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.