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CLEVELAND PATTERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 18, 1946 – July 11, 1967
Service recordCleveland Patterson, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 11, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 54
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1967; eight of them were lost in Long An Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 54
- DOUGLASS FRANKLIN PEAYPrivate · July 11, 1967
- EDWARD ROGER REEDPrivate · July 11, 1967
- BRUCE RICHARD SCOTTPrivate First Class · July 11, 1967
- DENNIS DWAYNE SKUTTLance Corporal · July 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MARION TROY EAKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 50
- PHILIP ANTHONY FERROSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 51
- ELMER FREDERICK KENNEYSergeant · Panel 23E, Line 52
- HAROLD WAYNE KINGCorporal · Panel 23E, Line 52
- CLARENCE ERNEST LOSSINGSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 53
- GEORGE EUGENE SMITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 23E, Line 53
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.