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DONALD CHARLES PATCH
Captain · U.S. Air Force
August 28, 1933 – October 2, 1965
Service recordDonald Charles Patch, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 2, 1965, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 102
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 28, 1933
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1965
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1965; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 102
- JOHN LOWASPrivate · October 2, 1965
- THEODORE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1965
- ROSCOE AMMERMANStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1965
- EUGENE LEE ELLWOODCorporal · October 3, 1965
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
- DAVID EARL GARRAPYCorporal · August 25, 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.