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MARION ELIJAH PATRICK
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 11, 1948 – May 2, 1967
Service recordMarion Elijah Patrick, of Rossville, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 2, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 17
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Rossville, Georgia (Walker County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1967; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 17
- OTTO PAUL MEYER IIIPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- JAMES PHILLIPS JRSpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- JAMES CLIFFORD PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · May 2, 1967
- ROBERT PATRICK PITTSSpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
From Rossville
- RAYMOND ALLENSergeant First Class · March 9, 1966
- BILLIE HAYWOOD SMITHSpecialist Four · August 1, 1966
- GARY EDWIN WARDPrivate First Class · January 29, 1967
- JOHN ALVIN FRANKLINSergeant · April 26, 1968
- DENNIS CAROL MELTONSpecialist Four · June 6, 1968
- ANTHONY IRVIN LEECorporal · July 9, 1968
- JIMMY TONY MORRISPrivate First Class · August 26, 1969
- WILLIAM LARRY BYRDCaptain · June 6, 1970
- SCOTT E KILLINGSWORTHSpecialist Four · June 18, 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.