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PATRICK CHRISTOPHER NEVIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 25, 1937 – February 23, 1966
Service recordPatrick Christopher Nevin, of East Chicago, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 25, 1937
- Home of record
- East Chicago, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 67
- TOMMY L NICHOLASPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- W H NORMANSergeant · February 23, 1966
- JACK RABINOVITZCorporal · February 23, 1966
- RICHARD RANGELSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · Panel 5E, Line 63
- WILLIAM H COBURNPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 64
- CHARLES RICHARD DALESergeant · Panel 5E, Line 64
- CHARLES E DYSON JRSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 65
- HONDAH DOVE ELPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 65
- MATTHEW HOUGHStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 65
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 65
- DALMER DOLAN JUREKSergeant First Class · Panel 5E, Line 66
- WINSTON MORRISPrivate · Panel 5E, Line 66
- ISAIAH MULWEE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 66
- TOMMY L NICHOLASPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 67
- RICHARD RANGELSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 67
- KENNETH ALDERSON REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 68
- FRANKIE SANCHEZSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 68
- JIMMY CLYDE SEXTONPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 68
- MARSHALL R SMITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 68
- WILLIAM JAMES STEPHENSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5E, Line 69
- PAUL JOHN STOCHAJSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 69
- WILLIAM B WATSON JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 69
- MARVIN JAMES WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 69
From East Chicago
- JAMES EDWARD WENZELCaptain · August 30, 1963
- LOUIS GEORGE ONOHANAirman Second Class · April 24, 1964
- WILLIAM ARTHUR HOOS JRCaptain · February 14, 1966
- EDWARD FRANK HAPFirst Lieutenant · July 20, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM POLICHPrivate First Class · September 25, 1966
- CORNELIUS GILPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
- HAROLD GOMEZCorporal · February 21, 1967
- STEVE KLARIKSpecialist Five · April 10, 1968
- ANTHONY RAYMOND PRIETOPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- EDWARD CHARLES JONESSergeant · September 20, 1968
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.