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DWAYNE MAXIFIEL PATTERSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 20, 1941 – December 3, 1967
Service recordDwayne Maxifiel Patterson, of Calipatria, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 3, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 30
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 20, 1941
- Home of record
- Calipatria, California (Imperial County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1967; seven of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 30
- LAWRENCE E LEIBAPrivate First Class · December 3, 1967
- WALTER ALBERT OWENSSpecialist Four · December 3, 1967
- DANIEL QUINNStaff Sergeant · December 3, 1967
- JOHN RONALD RUOHOPetty Officer First Class · December 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROSS ALLEN DYKEMASpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 29
- JOSEPH HEALYSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 29
- WALTER ALBERT OWENSSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 30
- DANIEL QUINNStaff Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 30
- WILLIAM WILLAR STEPHENSONPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 31
- OTIS FRANKLIN THOMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 31
- WALTER LEON TILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 31
From Calipatria
- KENNETH WAYNE WOLFEPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- ANDREW BATTIESTCorporal · June 25, 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.