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JERRY DON PATTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 28, 1948 – December 7, 1969
Service recordJerry Don Patton, of Mt Pleasant, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 7, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 37
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Mt Pleasant, Texas (Titus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- 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 December 7, 1969; four of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 37
- WEBB HERMAN LAYTON JRStaff Sergeant · December 7, 1969
- MICHAEL WAYNE LEIFSergeant · December 7, 1969
- KENNETH ALAN RICHEYSergeant · December 7, 1969
- HOWARD EUGENE WILLIAMS JRStaff Sergeant · December 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT LEE BELLPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 34
- CHARLES EVERETT JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 36
- LEE DONNIE KENNEDYPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 36
From Mt Pleasant
- HAROLD LOYD MCNEILFirst Lieutenant · August 12, 1964
- CHARLEY HOLTON COLLIERPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- JIMMY LEON HOCKADAYCorporal · August 11, 1966
- OTIS TURNERCorporal · June 1, 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.