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PATRICK EDWARD MCGOVERN
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 18, 1949 – July 5, 1969
Service recordPatrick Edward McGovern, of Southgate, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 5, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Southgate, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 66
- ARLAND JASPER JONESLance Corporal · July 5, 1969
- CECIL VERNON MILLERSpecialist Four · July 5, 1969
- LEON VICTOR PARKERLance Corporal · July 5, 1969
- GERALD RALPH PUGHCorporal · July 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CECIL VERNON MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 66
From Southgate
- MICHAEL SOROVETZCorporal · May 28, 1967
- VERNON ROBERT STEADPrivate First Class · March 13, 1968
- DONALD RICHARD NORTH JRCorporal · June 1, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD SPENS IIIPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
- DENNIS WILLIAM KOSEBASpecialist Five · September 23, 1968
- BRIAN RICHARD MCNEWSpecialist Four · May 18, 1969
- JOHN KEITH ANDERSONSpecialist Five · August 10, 1969
- HERMAN JAMES OBYRNSpecialist Four · October 11, 1969
- PHILIP JOHN SCHROCKFirst Lieutenant · December 6, 1969
- WILLIAM JOHNSON FRANKLINLance Corporal · September 16, 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.