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KEITH ALLEN PATTERSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 10, 1948 – October 13, 1969
Service recordKeith Allen Patterson, of Londonderry, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 74
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Londonderry, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 74
- JOHN ALEX LEECorporal · October 13, 1969
- RONALD LEE MARTINPrivate · October 13, 1969
- GARY LEE MCCLOUDPrivate First Class · October 13, 1969
- DONALD RAY OSBORNELance Corporal · October 13, 1969
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.