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JOHNNIE PATTERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 6, 1947 – December 15, 1965
Service recordJohnnie Patterson, of Valdosta, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 15, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- February 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Valdosta, Georgia (Lowndes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1965
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 17
- JAMES WILLIAM GREYSergeant · December 15, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE MCWILLIAMSPrivate First Class · December 15, 1965
- GERARD GEORGE SCHNITGERPrivate First Class · December 15, 1965
- ROBERT EMILIO MONTOYASpecialist Four · December 16, 1965
From Valdosta
- HORACE ALVESTER HAMPTONPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
- MAXIE PATTERSONPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- CLEVELAND DAVID JONESStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1967
- LAWRENCE KENNETH SEPULVEDASergeant Major · January 7, 1968
- ARTHUR LEE BRUNTPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- WILLIE LEE RICHARDSONMaster Sergeant · March 1, 1968
- LARRY LEON MITCHELLSpecialist Four · May 20, 1968
- JAMES WESLEY INMANCorporal · June 16, 1968
- ROY CARROLL REGISTERStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1968
- MARVIN BURNETT MULLIS JRPrivate First Class · November 2, 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.