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DORRIS EDWARD PATTON
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 21, 1932 – July 22, 1966
Service recordDorris Edward Patton, of San Francisco, California, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 22, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- March 21, 1932
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1966
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1966; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 58
- MITCHELL EDWARD COXLance Corporal · July 22, 1966
- JOHN JAMES FLEMINGPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD LANORELance Corporal · July 22, 1966
- JOHN WHILDEN PERICHPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
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.