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PATRICK A DECK JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 1, 1941 – September 18, 1965
Service recordPatrick A Deck JR, of Chevy Chase, Maryland, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1965, in North Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 63
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
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 502 AVN BN 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 1, 1941
- Home of record
- Chevy Chase, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 63
- HERBERT D STARKFirst Lieutenant · August 11, 1972
- EDWARD JAMES BRUESergeant First Class · August 12, 1972
- MARSHALL B COLLINSLieutenant Commander · August 12, 1972
- JAMES WESLEY FULKMajor · August 12, 1972
- TERRY KOHLERCaptain · August 12, 1972
From Chevy Chase
- THOMAS WELLER MCCARTHYCaptain · March 3, 1964
- DAVID LAWTON HODGESLieutenant · October 7, 1967
- ROY TULANE OKEEFESergeant · February 6, 1968
- CHARLES LAWRENCE FLOTTCaptain · June 5, 1972
- GEORGE BADEN WARINGMajor · August 26, 1972
- JEREMIAH FREDERICK COSTELLOCaptain · May 25, 1973
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.