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PATRICK CHARLES MCCLUSKEY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 8, 1945 – May 10, 1966
Service recordPatrick Charles McCluskey, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 10, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 45
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS 1 BN 7 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- September 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 45
- CSABA FERENC BOROMISSZALance Corporal · May 10, 1966
- TEE WALLACE DECKERSeaman · May 10, 1966
- ROGER DORSEYPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- JOHN JAMES MCCLOSKEYSergeant · May 10, 1966
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 1965
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.