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PATRICK DALE ROBIRDS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 27, 1948 – June 25, 1969
Service recordPatrick Dale Robirds, of Duncan, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 25, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 15
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
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- September 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Duncan, Oklahoma (Stephens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 15
- THOMAS WALTER FABERPrivate First Class · June 25, 1969
- HOWARD ROSEDIETCHERSergeant · June 25, 1969
- TIMOTHY JOHN SHELTONSergeant · June 25, 1969
- ROBERT CARL SNETHENPrivate First Class · June 25, 1969
From Duncan
- JAMES ROBERT RUTLEDGEStaff Sergeant · February 20, 1966
- ROBERT EARL CRAYTHORNESpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- CECIL DELBERT BELT JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 18, 1968
- RALPH EDGAR MABRY JRSergeant · January 30, 1968
- ROBERT VAN PACKCaptain · January 7, 1969
- DENNIS RAY FORNEYSergeant · June 20, 1969
- JIMMY DON WESTSergeant First Class · July 4, 1969
- ROBERT DEAN FROSTSpecialist Four · February 22, 1970
- GERALD WINSTON BYRNS JRStaff Sergeant · April 27, 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.