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PATRICK G CARTWRIGHT
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
May 8, 1950 – January 31, 1971
Service recordPatrick G Cartwright, of Reno, Nevada, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 31, 1971, in North Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Structural Mechanic (Hydraulics) (AMH)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ATKRON 195 USS KITTY HAWK CVA 63
- Born
- May 8, 1950
- Home of record
- Reno, Nevada (Washoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1971. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 5W, Line 70
- JOHN RUSSELL MILLERPrivate First Class · January 30, 1971
- ROBERT ALAN SISKCaptain · January 30, 1971
- JOHNNY CLARENCE SPEARSLance Corporal · January 30, 1971
- JOHNNY EARL TIVISCorporal · January 30, 1971
- LARRY JAMES PEPPERSpecialist Four · January 31, 1971
From Reno
- JAMES DELMAS MCANDREWSpecialist Five · January 11, 1963
- JOHN RAY RHODEHAMEL IIPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- ARTHUR DAVIES JRMajor · April 27, 1967
- GLEN GEORGE BURTCorporal · May 13, 1967
- MICHAEL DANIEL WESSELCorporal · July 27, 1967
- KERRY EDWARD CLARKPrivate · August 18, 1967
- DONALD R CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
- RAYMOND EDWARD STONE JRSecond Lieutenant · December 14, 1967
- MAXIE ROSS RICECorporal · February 1, 1968
- DAVID LOUIS BIDARTSpecialist Four · March 5, 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.