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GORDON LEE PATTERSON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
April 24, 1932 – November 16, 1968
Service recordGordon Lee Patterson, of Odessa, Texas, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 75
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Assistant Engineer (562E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- April 24, 1932
- Home of record
- Odessa, Texas (Ector County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 75
- JORGE LUIS NIEVESSpecialist Four · November 16, 1968
- WILLIAM HARRY NOLTEPrivate First Class · November 16, 1968
- LEONDA SARTORPrivate First Class · November 16, 1968
- GEORGE AUSTIN SCHWALBACHSpecialist Four · November 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL ADDISON HODGESpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 73
From Odessa
- JAMES EVERETT LANESpecialist Five · July 15, 1962
- BOBBY LYNN EATONLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- PHILLIP ARTHUR BRANNONLance Corporal · September 15, 1966
- HARRY GILES BROCKPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- RANDALL DAVID JARRELLLance Corporal · December 10, 1966
- RAY B DEBUSK JRLance Corporal · December 21, 1966
- CHARLES EARL FAGGETTStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1967
- ROGELIO SAUCEDOPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- REYNALDO SALINE FERNANDEZCorporal · May 19, 1967
- RUFUS RAYPrivate First Class · June 9, 1967
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.