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KENNETH JAMES PATTON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 13, 1943 – February 2, 1968
Service recordKenneth James Patton, of Mckees Rocks, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on February 2, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 81
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 13, 1943
- Home of record
- Mckees Rocks, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- February 2, 1968
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
130 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 168 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 36E, Line 81
- RAYMOND JOHN MICHALOWSKILance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- CHARLES THOMAS PARKERSergeant · February 2, 1968
- JAMES CARL PAYNEMajor · February 2, 1968
- DONALD DEAN PERKINS JRFirst Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES LEROY ADKINSSergeant First Class · Panel 36E, Line 64
- DONALD WILLIAM ALLEN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 64
- DONALD DAWSON BURNHAMLieutenant Colonel · Panel 36E, Line 67
- LARRY MONROE CLARKSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 68
- PAUL RAYMOND COLLETT JRCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 68
- JOHN MYRON DASHNAWPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 69
- RICHARD EUGENE ENGLEPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 70
- RUSSELL RAY FLESHERSecond Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 70
- HORACE GILBERT GIDDENS JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 36E, Line 71
- JOHN FREDERICK KUIPERPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 76
- JOE HAROLD PRINGLESergeant Major · Panel 36E, Line 82
- JOSEPH DAVID PUGGISergeant First Class · Panel 36E, Line 83
- ROGER LLOYD SCHNEIDERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 36E, Line 85
From Mckees Rocks
- JOHN STEVEN WOOLHEATERPetty Officer Third Class · January 27, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN KOTIKLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- JOHN PASS IIISpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN ROSENWALDPrivate First Class · February 21, 1968
- ALAN ROBERT GAULTSpecialist Four · April 10, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD METZLERPrivate First Class · October 12, 1968
- GEORGE WILLIAM GREGAWarrant Officer 1 · November 2, 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.