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PATRICK ANTHONY WHITTEN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 20, 1950 – September 11, 1969
Service recordPatrick Anthony Whitten, of Hanford, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 11, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 73
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 20, 1950
- Home of record
- Hanford, California (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 73
- THOMAS LEROY SMITHCorporal · September 11, 1969
- ROGER HORACE STEARNSCaptain · September 11, 1969
- JOHNNY LEE WARDSergeant · September 11, 1969
- PATRICK MICHAEL WARDCaptain · September 11, 1969
From Hanford
- HOWARD WILLIAM HENNINGERColonel · March 13, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE LOONEYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- MANUEL BARRERAStaff Sergeant · January 12, 1967
- RICHARD GENE OSBORNEPrivate First Class · June 21, 1967
- GAYLORD LEE WESTBAYWarrant Officer 1 · September 8, 1967
- LOUIE OCHOAPrivate First Class · October 18, 1967
- ROBERT R THOMPSONSergeant · April 5, 1968
- RICHARD JAVIER FLORESCorporal · May 10, 1968
- WAYNE JOHNATHAN ROGERSCorporal · November 27, 1968
- KENNETH LEON MCCARTYSpecialist Four · April 13, 1970
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.