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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of John Pattison JR.

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JOHN PATTISON JR

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

November 11, 1948 – November 25, 1969

Service record

John Pattison JR, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 25, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 16W · Line 122

Position of Panel 16W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
1 INF DIV
Born
November 11, 1948
Home of record
New Orleans, Louisiana

Casualty

Date of death
November 25, 1969
Age
21
Province
Binh Long
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

17 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 16W, Line 122

From New Orleans

All 164 names from New Orleans →

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.