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JIMMY RALPH PATRICK
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 19, 1948 – December 11, 1969
Service recordJimmy Ralph Patrick, of Summerville, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 11, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 48
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Summerville, Georgia (Chattooga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 48
- ROBERT DEAN FARRINGTONCaptain · December 11, 1969
- GARY LEE FOLZCorporal · December 11, 1969
- THOMAS ROBERT MARSHALLStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1969
- THOMAS ANDREW MAYCorporal · December 11, 1969
From Summerville
- GARY THOMAS MARBUTTPrivate First Class · July 16, 1967
- VERNON DAVEY SOUTHERLANDSpecialist Four · August 17, 1969
- BENNY RAY DUPREEPrivate First Class · October 9, 1969
- LARRY WADE DUKESergeant · March 10, 1970
- CHARLES DAVID DODDSpecialist Four · November 6, 1971
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.