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PATRICK CLINTON MORTUS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 11, 1947 – January 14, 1968
Service recordPatrick Clinton Mortus, of Twinsburg, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 14, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 49
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Twinsburg, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 49
- STANLEY HENRY HORNEColonel · August 27, 1967
- FREDRICK H HEMPHILLPrivate First Class · January 14, 1968
- HARRY GAINES HODGESConstructionman · January 14, 1968
- ALFONSO IBANEZSpecialist Four · January 14, 1968
From Twinsburg
- ALVIN WARNER ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · December 28, 1968
- DONALD JOSEPH MALICEKCorporal · May 18, 1969
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.