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JOHN THOMAS PATRONE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 1, 1949 – April 25, 1969
Service recordJohn Thomas Patrone, of Long Island City, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 25, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 49
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- July 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Long Island City, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 49
- WILLIAM C MCCORMICK JRLieutenant Colonel · April 25, 1969
- JAMES D MOOREStaff Sergeant · April 25, 1969
- JACK MICHAEL ORNELASPrivate First Class · April 25, 1969
- CARL EDWARD PILKINGTON SRSergeant Major · April 25, 1969
From Long Island City
- WILLIAM JAMES HENRYPrivate First Class · September 16, 1965
- JOSEPH STEPHEN HENRIQUEZLieutenant Commander · August 10, 1966
- PETER JOSEPH FREDERICKColonel · March 15, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH SUSSMEIERPrivate · July 8, 1967
- WALTER EDMUND GIBLIN JRPrivate First Class · July 19, 1967
- JOSEPH HEALYSpecialist Four · December 3, 1967
- ABRAHAM JACKSONStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1968
- CHARLES JAMES BAUER JRPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- EDWARD EUGENE HOLTCorporal · March 21, 1968
- CHARLES E DANIELSPrivate First Class · March 22, 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.