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JIMMIE LEE PATRICK
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 8, 1932 – December 9, 1966
Service recordJimmie Lee Patrick, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 25
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 8, 1932
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1966
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 25
- DOUGLAS THOMAS JRAirman · August 4, 1966
- JOHN HENRY OLDSPrivate First Class · December 9, 1966
- PATRICK JOHN SALYARDSPrivate First Class · December 9, 1966
- CHARLES E SIVITSSergeant · December 9, 1966
- J T SMITHPrivate First Class · December 9, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE CLYDE BEDDINGFIELDPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 23
- JOHN HENRY OLDSPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 25
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 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.