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JAMES BARNETT PATTERSON
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 16, 1934 – May 24, 1967
Service recordJames Barnett Patterson, of Dearborn, Michigan, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1967, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 97
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
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- July 16, 1934
- Home of record
- Dearborn, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1967; he was the only one lost in Lam Dong Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 20E, Line 97
- BRIAN ROSS NORFLEETPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
- STEPHEN JOHN OSHEAPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
- RODNEY DOUGLAS PICKETTPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
- JOHNNY CALVIN PRESTONSergeant · May 24, 1967
- FRED STEWART ROTHPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
From Dearborn
- DENNIS CHARLES STANCROFFLance Corporal · December 24, 1965
- DAVID LEON SMITHLance Corporal · February 13, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM TERWILLIGERPrivate First Class · April 24, 1966
- CHARLES ROBERT TRESCOTTPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1966
- EARL SMITHPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JOHN FLOYD COCHRANEFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1966
- WILBERT GENE PENNELLSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- RONALD C SMITHSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MCKENNAPrivate · March 11, 1967
- RAYMOND JOHN BOROWSKISergeant · May 20, 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.