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OSCAR BERNARD PATTERSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 13, 1935 – June 25, 1970
Service recordOscar Bernard Patterson, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1970, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 92
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Teletypwriter Repairer (31J)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- July 13, 1935
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1970
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1970; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 92
- DENNIS LEE RITTERCorporal · June 25, 1970
- MARVIN DALE SNIDERCorporal · June 25, 1970
- DAVID MORGAN WALTERSCorporal · June 25, 1970
- DAVID JOSEPH WIKANDERSergeant · June 25, 1970
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.