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LARRY HART PATTERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 27, 1949 – August 31, 1968
Service recordLarry Hart Patterson, of Gridley, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 31, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 16
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- March 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Gridley, California (Butte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 16
- DAVID LE ROY MCRAEStaff Sergeant · August 31, 1968
- MAGNUS CARL NIELSENPrivate First Class · August 31, 1968
- JOHN PANAK JRStaff Sergeant · August 31, 1968
- ERNEST EUGENE SANVILLEPetty Officer Third Class · August 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JULIAN STANLEY KEE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 14
From Gridley
- DANIEL LEE PROCKLance Corporal · June 6, 1968
- DENNIS ALLEN SMITHCorporal · March 20, 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.