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DANIEL CHARLES PATTERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 4, 1947 – November 1, 1968
Service recordDaniel Charles Patterson, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 3
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
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 3
- EASON JASPER MAXEYSpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
- DENNIS KENNETH OCONNORSergeant · November 1, 1968
- RODNEY WALTER PETERSPetty Officer First Class · November 1, 1968
- MARVIN NORBERT PROPSONSpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WOODIE JUNIOR DEANSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 74
- ALBERT LUMMIS GAY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 75
- WILLIE LEE JAMESPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 77
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.