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J V PATRICK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 2, 1938 – January 13, 1966
Service recordJ V Patrick, of Buna, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 2, 1938
- Home of record
- Buna, Texas (Jasper County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 58 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 71
- JOHN WESLEY LEWIS JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1966
- ROBERT NEAL MIDDLEBROOKSCaptain · January 13, 1966
- FLOYD WILLIAM POHLPrivate First Class · January 13, 1966
- HERMAN HIRAM RITCHIECaptain · January 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- BAXTER COLIDGE CARROLLPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 68
- RICHARD ROBERT RYNKIEWICZPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 72
From Buna
- JOSEPH GARY MIXSONMajor · December 10, 1966
- JERRY WILLIAM LAMBERTSergeant First Class · May 11, 1971
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.