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JOHNNIE HUGH PATTERSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 29, 1947 – August 13, 1967
Service recordJohnnie Hugh Patterson, of Oliver Springs, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 107
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Oliver Springs, Tennessee (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 107
- JOHN ALLEN CAMPBELLCorporal · August 13, 1967
- LONNIE JOSEPH DUCOTE JRCorporal · August 13, 1967
- WILLIAM GLEN FERGUSONMaster Sergeant · August 13, 1967
- DANNY LEE INGLESCorporal · August 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DANNY LEE INGLESCorporal · Panel 24E, Line 107
From Oliver Springs
- DALLAS EUGENE GREENPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
- FLETCHER SEEBER JRSergeant · June 21, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD BYRD JRPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
- GARY LEE EDWARDSSpecialist Four · March 27, 1970
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.