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JAMES GEORGE PATZWALL
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 4, 1942 – February 28, 1966
Service recordJames George Patzwall, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 90
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 1 BN 5 CAV 1 CAV DIV
- Born
- December 4, 1942
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 90
- ARTHUR CLIFFORD PEDERSONLance Corporal · February 28, 1966
- MICHAEL DENNIS PLISKAPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- DARRELL THOMAS RAYPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- ALBERT C ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.