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PATRICK DALE MORIARTY
Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
April 17, 1930 – March 9, 1968
Service recordPatrick Dale Moriarty, of Napa, California, served as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 9, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 68
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. Navy
- Rank
- Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 2 CA GRP COM ACT 3 MAF
- Born
- April 17, 1930
- Home of record
- Napa, California (Napa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 68
- MELVIN RANDOLPH LEAVELLPrivate First Class · March 9, 1968
- JOSEPH ESPINO PEREZPrivate First Class · March 9, 1968
- LEON MILTON PHILLIPSSergeant · March 9, 1968
- MELTON HOWARD PRESLEYSpecialist Four · March 9, 1968
From Napa
- JACK DANIEL LANELLISpecialist Five · August 31, 1965
- EDWARD WARREN WOODRUFFPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- GARY WAYNE RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- RICKY ALAN MYERSPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- ARNOLD JAY FERRARIStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1968
- STEVEN GARY HICKSSpecialist Four · May 22, 1968
- MICHAEL ROY CLASENPetty Officer Third Class · August 25, 1968
- ROBERT LEE COONRODPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
- ROBERT HENRY BUEHLERPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- RONALD ALLEN BEARDSLEYCorporal · October 31, 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.