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MARK PATTERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 19, 1949 – June 26, 1968
Service recordMark Patterson, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 26, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 3
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
- December 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 3
- WILLIAM A CLIFTONSpecialist Five · June 26, 1968
- LAWRENCE JACKSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1968
- TIMOTHY L MCLEANSergeant · June 26, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD NIEHAUSSpecialist Four · June 26, 1968
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.