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PATRICK A WHITLOCK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 19, 1947 – February 4, 1968
Service recordPatrick A Whitlock, of Poulsbo, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · 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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Poulsbo, Washington (Kitsap County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
He died in Định Tường Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 29
- WAYNE ARTHUR WASHBURNLance Corporal · February 4, 1968
- DONALD MORRIS WILLEYStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1968
- JOHN DAVIS WILLINGHAMSpecialist Four · February 4, 1968
- ROY LEE WINERPrivate First Class · February 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DINGUS BANKS JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37E, Line 18
From Poulsbo
- MARVIN CHARLES HILLPetty Officer Third Class · May 25, 1967
- ROBIN LEE OLMSTEADPrivate First Class · July 29, 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.