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DANIEL ARTHUR PATTERSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 2, 1944 – May 25, 1967
Service recordDaniel Arthur Patterson, of Eureka, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 25, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 99
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
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- September 2, 1944
- Home of record
- Eureka, California (Humboldt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1967; 19 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 99
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SCHERLE JRSpecialist Four · May 24, 1967
- COLERIDGE WILLIAMS JRStaff Sergeant · May 24, 1967
- CHARLES DON WITTLieutenant · May 24, 1967
- KENNETH RONALD ABMEYERLance Corporal · May 25, 1967
From Eureka
- DOUGLAS FRANK QUINNPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- GENE ELWOOD CALPHMaster Sergeant · June 22, 1967
- DENNIS ERWIN GABBERTSpecialist Four · September 1, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD ANDERSONSpecialist Four · November 3, 1967
- DANIEL CLYDE FAULKS JRSpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
- PETER ALAN HILLPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- FRANK EBERLY HEADLEY IVSergeant · April 1, 1968
- JAMES MITCHELL TRIMBLECorporal · April 6, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN CARLINCaptain · January 16, 1969
- JACK ELWIN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · March 8, 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.