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JOHN H PATE JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 11, 1940 – May 5, 1968
Service recordJohn H Pate JR, of Knoxville, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 26
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Administrative Specialist (71L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 11, 1940
- Home of record
- Knoxville, Tennessee (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; six of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 26
- LLOYD FRANCIS MOUSSEAUStaff Sergeant · May 2, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES PAPASergeant · May 5, 1968
- GARY LEE PARSONSPetty Officer Third Class · May 5, 1968
- ERNEST PAYNESpecialist Five · May 5, 1968
- DONALD M PERDUESergeant · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY SAM FRYEMaster Sergeant · Panel 55E, Line 12
- CHAD DAVID MEADOWSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 55E, Line 22
- ERNEST ROSADO SRSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 29
- ROBERT L SPRINGERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 55E, Line 32
From Knoxville
- GARY D SMITHPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- WAYNE THOMAS LONGPrivate · December 27, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE HILLSergeant · January 30, 1966
- TOMMY EDWARD HILLPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- HUGH ALLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT MCLEMOREPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD LUMLEYSecond Lieutenant · March 4, 1966
- JESSE J COFFEYSergeant · April 1, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM WOOLIVERLance Corporal · May 4, 1966
- JOHN HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 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.