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MAXIE PATTERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 28, 1945 – August 25, 1966
Service recordMaxie Patterson, of Valdosta, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 43
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Valdosta, Georgia (Lowndes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 43
- FELIX PACHECOPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- JOHN ALLAN RICHPrivate · August 25, 1966
- BENJAMIN C ROLLER JRSpecialist Four · August 25, 1966
- JULIUS MITCHELL SANDERSPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RALPH LAWRENCE MASSEYPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 41
From Valdosta
- JOHNNIE PATTERSONPrivate First Class · December 15, 1965
- HORACE ALVESTER HAMPTONPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
- CLEVELAND DAVID JONESStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1967
- LAWRENCE KENNETH SEPULVEDASergeant Major · January 7, 1968
- ARTHUR LEE BRUNTPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- WILLIE LEE RICHARDSONMaster Sergeant · March 1, 1968
- LARRY LEON MITCHELLSpecialist Four · May 20, 1968
- JAMES WESLEY INMANCorporal · June 16, 1968
- ROY CARROLL REGISTERStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1968
- MARVIN BURNETT MULLIS JRPrivate First Class · November 2, 1968
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.