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DAVID Q PATTERSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 25, 1941 – February 18, 1969
Service recordDavid Q Patterson, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 56
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 25, 1941
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 56
- STANLEY MILTON JEROMEPetty Officer First Class · February 18, 1969
- RONALD LEE RAKERSpecialist Four · February 18, 1969
- PATRICK JOSEPH RONANSergeant · February 18, 1969
- EDDIE RAY SCHIMMELSPetty Officer First Class · February 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ULYSSES BATTLESergeant First Class · Panel 32W, Line 52
- JAMES VINCENT CAVANAUGHSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 52
- CLEVELAND E DYKESCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 53
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.