The Wall › Panel 12W › California › George Francis Patterson
GEORGE FRANCIS PATTERSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 26, 1948 – April 1, 1970
Service recordGeorge Francis Patterson, of Pacifica, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 72
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Pacifica, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1970; 27 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 72
- ROGER JAMES MCINERNY JRPrivate First Class · April 1, 1970
- JAMES M MCMILLAN JRFirst Lieutenant · April 1, 1970
- THOMAS JOSEPH MURPHYSpecialist Four · April 1, 1970
- LEN EVERETT NIXONLance Corporal · April 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH RAY HODGESergeant · Panel 12W, Line 69
From Pacifica
- LAWRENCE EUGENE FOSTERPrivate · May 22, 1966
- ROBERT ERVEN CURRYLance Corporal · December 31, 1966
- JAMES STANLEY B CHILDERSLance Corporal · February 15, 1967
- MEDFORD ADARINE CHRYSLERPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD WALKER JRPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- GEORGE ANGELO CABANO JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM COMPTONSergeant · May 12, 1969
- JOHNNY BRYAN WHITEPrivate First Class · April 16, 1970
- DAVID GEORGE MCKAYSpecialist Four · June 4, 1970
- JOHN AL PREMENKOSergeant · August 14, 1970
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.