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GEORGE WILLARD PATTERSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 6, 1947 – July 12, 1968
Service recordGeorge Willard Patterson, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 12, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 19
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 19
- GERALD EVERETT HETRICKLance Corporal · July 12, 1968
- KEVIN BERNARD MCGOVERNSergeant · July 12, 1968
- CECIL SCOTT MURRAYLance Corporal · July 12, 1968
- WILLIAM E WATTSPrivate First Class · July 12, 1968
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.