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GARY LEE PATTERSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 22, 1945 – May 24, 1968
Service recordGary Lee Patterson, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 68E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 68E · Line 6
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 68E, Line 6
- GERALD THOMAS PARMETERSergeant · May 24, 1968
- JOSEPH J PASSAVANTI IIICorporal · May 24, 1968
- ROBERT MILTON PAULKChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 24, 1968
- GARY WILLIAM PURCELLPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY RONALD MCFADDINSpecialist Four · Panel 68E, Line 5
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 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.