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GUY WESLEY PATTON
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
November 24, 1932 – August 17, 1970
Service recordGuy Wesley Patton, of Owensboro, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 17, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 119
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 24, 1932
- Home of record
- Owensboro, Kentucky (Daviess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1970
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 119
- JOHN LLOYD MCCLURGCorporal · August 17, 1970
- STEVEN BERNARD MELNICKCaptain · August 17, 1970
- PATRICK RORY OBRIENWarrant Officer 1 · August 17, 1970
- ROGER DAVID PARMENTIERSecond Lieutenant · August 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD KEITH JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 118
- PATRICK RORY OBRIENWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 8W, Line 119
- RAYMOND L STANSBURY IISpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 120
- MERLYN LEE WENTZELWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 8W, Line 121
From Owensboro
- CHARLES ERVIN SHELTONColonel · April 29, 1965
- RANDELL GENE TRAILLance Corporal · October 26, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE FORDWarrant Officer 1 · March 29, 1966
- CHARLES RATES LEWISSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- CHARLES RAYMOND LEONARDSpecialist Four · July 22, 1967
- MANFORD DALVIS STEWARTPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- JOSEPH ANTHONY COOMESPetty Officer Third Class · September 21, 1967
- PAUL LEE PRICECorporal · September 23, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS COONPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- ROBERT WESLEY WATTSWarrant Officer 1 · November 22, 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.