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PATRICK ANTHONY RUSSELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 9, 1950 – July 3, 1969
Service recordPatrick Anthony Russell, of Savannah, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 56
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Savannah, Georgia (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 56
- GERARD MICHAEL REGGIOSpecialist Four · July 3, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER JOHN RICETTICorporal · July 3, 1969
- WILLIS ROGERS JRPrivate First Class · July 3, 1969
- FELIPE OBED SANTIAGOPrivate First Class · July 3, 1969
From Savannah
- WILLIAM FREW TRAIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1962
- HENRY STERLING MCWHORTERLieutenant · August 29, 1965
- JERRY JIVENSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- BARNETTE GARTRELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
- HARLOW GARY CLARK JRLieutenant Colonel · March 7, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CAIL JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- WILLMATT BROWNPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JONES JRSergeant · June 18, 1966
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · August 1, 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.