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PATRICK G R BRIDENBAKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 21, 1946 – July 5, 1967
Service recordPatrick G R Bridenbaker, of Stockton, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 5, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Crane Operator (62F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 41 ENG CO 92 ENG BN 159 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- February 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Stockton, New York (Chautauqua County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 9
- KAY WILLIAM WRIGHTCorporal · July 4, 1967
- DAVID AUGUST ACTONHospitalman · July 5, 1967
- ANTHONY J BORREGOFirst Lieutenant · July 5, 1967
- ERNEST MACK CARTERSergeant · July 5, 1967
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.