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MINOR WESLEY PATTILLO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 28, 1939 – March 24, 1969
Service recordMinor Wesley Pattillo, of Griffin, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 29
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 28, 1939
- Home of record
- Griffin, Georgia (Spalding County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1969
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1969; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 29
- RONALD EDGAR PLAYFORDLance Corporal · March 24, 1969
- DONALD SHELDON REPACICorporal · March 24, 1969
- WILLIE J SANDFER JRStaff Sergeant · March 24, 1969
- DENNIS MICHAEL SILVERIPrivate First Class · March 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND FREDRICK EADESergeant · Panel 28W, Line 25
- PHILLIP HARRY FLEMINGSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 25
- ARTHUR JAMES MCINTYRESergeant · Panel 28W, Line 28
- BENJAMIN ROBERT TURIANOCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 30
- MICHAEL VALUNASSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 31
- GARY LEE WEEKLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 31
From Griffin
- JAMES EDWARD HARMONCorporal · May 8, 1967
- JOHN KENNETH HELTONSergeant · July 6, 1967
- WARREN EUGENE KENERLYCorporal · January 31, 1968
- MONTE CLIFFORD KINASZPrivate First Class · March 25, 1968
- DAVID MURPHYCorporal · April 23, 1968
- JAMES TERRY COGGINSPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- WILLIE GENE GADDYPrivate First Class · September 29, 1968
- CHARLES WAYNE HALLPrivate First Class · November 7, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT REESEFirst Lieutenant · December 2, 1968
- GARY ANDERSONPrivate · November 29, 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.