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PATRICK ANTHONY TALTY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 5, 1950 – April 8, 1972
Service recordPatrick Anthony Talty, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1972, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 133
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 5, 1950
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1972
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1972; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1972, 106 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 133
- BRUCE CHARLES WALKERCaptain · April 7, 1972
- FRANK THOMAS BROCHETTIPrivate First Class · April 8, 1972
- JOSEPH RICHARD HARRISCaptain · April 8, 1972
- GARY STEVEN SCHWARTZSpecialist Four · April 8, 1972
Same unit, same day
- FRANK THOMAS BROCHETTIPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 133
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 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.