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PATRICK HENRY HALBERT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 23, 1949 – January 26, 1970
Service recordPatrick Henry Halbert, of Poydras, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Pneudraulics Repairer (68H)
- Born
- November 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Poydras, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 68
- MICHAEL EDWARD STYERLieutenant Colonel · January 13, 1970
- FRANCIS MATTHEW AUDSpecialist Four · January 26, 1970
- DAVID EARL FARRPrivate First Class · January 26, 1970
- HARVIE RENA FRADYSpecialist Four · January 26, 1970
- RICHARD JOSEPH HAWCOSergeant · January 26, 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.