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DONALD LEE PATTERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 4, 1947 – June 4, 1967
Service recordDonald Lee Patterson, of Florence, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 58
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Florence, Oregon (Lane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 58
- FRANCIS LEO COLLINSPrivate First Class · June 5, 1967
- LARRY DEAN GOODPrivate First Class · June 5, 1967
- MICHAEL DEAN HALFORDSecond Lieutenant · June 5, 1967
- DI REYES IBANEZGunnery Sergeant · June 5, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM KANEStaff Sergeant · June 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CLYDE DOUGLAS SHELTON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 57
From Florence
- KENNETH HAROLD JONESPrivate First Class · March 6, 1971
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.