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MILTON DALE PATE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 25, 1945 – October 31, 1968
Service recordMilton Dale Pate, of Galveston, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 66
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Galveston, Texas (Galveston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1968; six of them were lost in Long An Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 66
- TOMAS REYES MESASpecialist Four · October 31, 1968
- MAURICE GLENN NEWMAN JRPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- THOMAS EUGENE NEWSTEADPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- GREGORY LEROY NUTTERPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE GILBERT BOURNESpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 62
- JAMES MELVIN GHEERSpecialist Five · Panel 40W, Line 64
- CHARLES RUIZ LEMUS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 65
- TOMAS REYES MESASpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 66
- RONALD ALAN WOLTERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40W, Line 70
From Galveston
- HERMAN WILLIAM SILVEEPrivate First Class · August 1, 1965
- JOE CHARLES LILE IISpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- WALTER MULLER JRSergeant · August 12, 1966
- FELIX RICO RAMOS JRLance Corporal · August 21, 1966
- RICHARD ALAN NANCEAirman First Class · October 25, 1966
- MARION LEE KEMPNERSecond Lieutenant · November 11, 1966
- RICHARD GARCIAPrivate First Class · January 30, 1967
- GREGORY C CLEMENTCaptain · February 23, 1967
- ARMANDO GALLARDOCorporal · April 24, 1967
- FRANK HENRY BERAN IIILance Corporal · May 20, 1967
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.