The Wall › Panel 10E › New York › Harold Michael Patenaude
HAROLD MICHAEL PATENAUDE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 27, 1946 – September 10, 1966
Service recordHarold Michael Patenaude, of Mechanicville, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 84
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Mechanicville, New York (Saratoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 84
- JAMES ALLAN BRANSONLance Corporal · September 10, 1966
- THOMAS GLEN RICHMONDCorporal · September 10, 1966
- JEFFREY TERRY ROEPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
- ALFRED LEE STONEHOUSEPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
Same unit, same day
- PAUL GARY WEIGANDPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 85
From Mechanicville
- FRANK JOHN HUTCHINSSergeant · March 2, 1968
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.