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JAMES ROBERT PATTERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 20, 1948 – November 20, 1967
Service recordJames Robert Patterson, of Orlando, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 47
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Orlando, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1967; 72 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 212 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Battle of Đắk Tô was under way. Around Đắk Tô in the Central Highlands (3–23 November 1967), the 4th Infantry Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade fought North Vietnamese regiments for the hills along the border, ending with the assault on Hill 875 on Thanksgiving Day. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 30E, Line 47
- ROBERT EDWARD PACIOREKSpecialist Four · November 20, 1967
- THELBERT G PAGESpecialist Four · November 20, 1967
- JOSEPH PANNELLPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- ROY CHARLES PAYNE JRSpecialist Four · November 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LOUIS GEORGE WASHI ARNOLDPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 37
- GREGORY CHARLES BAUERPrivate · Panel 30E, Line 37
- BRUCE MARTIN BENZINGPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 37
- NEAL IRA BESTPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 37
- MANFRED FRANCIS CAMAROTESergeant · Panel 30E, Line 37
- DAVID BROOKS BETCHELSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 38
- ROBERT TILDON BLYSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 38
- HARVEY LEE BROWN IIISpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 38
- RICHARD THOMAS BUSENLEHNERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30E, Line 38
- ERNESTO SOLIZ CANTUSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 38
- THOMAS LOUIS CORBETTSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 39
- CLAUDE LEE CRAWFORDPrivate · Panel 30E, Line 39
- BRUCE WAYNE CUNNINGHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 39
- TROY ALEXANDER GALYANSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 39
- JOHN DAGOSTINOPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 40
- ROBERT PAUL DEGENPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 40
- LARRY AIME DENTREMONTPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 40
- CASIMIRO DIANDAPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 40
- JOHN MICHAEL DUNBARSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 41
- JAMES CABELL FARLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 41
- MICHAEL WILLIAM FERENCEPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 41
- ANGEL RAMO FLORES-JIMENEZPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 41
- CHARLES RICHARD CREWSPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 42
- JUAN MANUEL GARCIAPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 42
From Orlando
- FREDERICK PETER CROSBYLieutenant Commander · June 1, 1965
- RYLAND WHITNEY DRAWDYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- MALCOLM EDWARD MILLICANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DORRIS ALBERT IVEYSergeant First Class · January 13, 1966
- JOHN DONALD HETTERLY SRSergeant · January 25, 1966
- ROBERT CURTIS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1966
- MARVIN FOY GOODMAN JRLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- RONALD ALLEN SAPPSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- CARY CRADDOCKSergeant · May 4, 1966
- ROOSEVELT HESTLE JRColonel · July 6, 1966
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.