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DONALD RAY PATRICK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 9, 1945 – November 14, 1965
Service recordDonald Ray Patrick, of Wilmington, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 50
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Wilmington, North Carolina (New Hanover County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3E, Line 50
- PAUL TRUMAN MCCLELLAN JRCaptain · November 14, 1965
- FRANCIS MOODYPrivate First Class · November 14, 1965
- GILBERT MICHAEL NICKLASPrivate First Class · November 14, 1965
- RICHARD ARTHUR WALRODSpecialist Four · November 14, 1965
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE LAVERN COVEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 48
- BURREL DALE HUEBNERPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 49
- FLOYD DEAN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 49
- RICHARD ARTHUR WALRODSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 50
From Wilmington
- MCARTHUR JOHNSONSergeant · July 7, 1965
- JOSEPH JAMESPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- WILBUR RONALD BROWNMajor · February 3, 1966
- AARON BURR JONES JRPrivate · January 13, 1967
- HILDRA MCCOY JRStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1967
- GEORGE D MOTTESergeant First Class · August 20, 1967
- FREDERICK MOLEE LOWE JRPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
- WILLIAM OTHELLO MCKOYPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- RICHARD ARNOLD RUSSPrivate First Class · December 4, 1967
- EUGENE ASHLEY JRSergeant First Class · February 7, 1968
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.