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DOUGLAS TYRONE PATRICK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 28, 1946 – August 6, 1966
Service recordDouglas Tyrone Patrick, of Casper, Wyoming, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 108
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)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Casper, Wyoming (Natrona County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 108
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH PEAKSpecialist Four · August 6, 1966
- AARON WASHINGTON COCHRANPrivate First Class · August 7, 1966
- BOBBY LYNN EATONLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- RAUL FLORESLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
From Casper
- CARLTON JAKE HOLLANDCaptain · February 9, 1965
- ROBERT WOODROW GROVEGunnery Sergeant · February 18, 1965
- JERRY DUANE BYERSSpecialist Four · March 1, 1967
- WALTER ELMER HANDYPrivate First Class · March 13, 1968
- CHARLES WAYNE REBERGSergeant · April 21, 1968
- VERNON WALTER NIX IIIStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1968
- RICHARD LEROY ENDICOTTCaptain · April 30, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE BARNESSpecialist Four · June 7, 1968
- RICHARD JOHN SWEENEYSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- LEROY ROBERT CARDENASPrivate First Class · June 4, 1969
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.