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PATRICK J SUGHRUE
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
June 8, 1947 – October 22, 1967
Service recordPatrick J Sughrue, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 22, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 52
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 170 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1967; four of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “170 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 52
- DAVID MARION LEWISFireman · October 22, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS TERRY JRPrivate · October 22, 1967
- WAYNE FRANK WHITEMANLance Corporal · October 22, 1967
- RUSSELL LEE ADAMSPrivate First Class · October 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEO EICKHOLTSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 49
- THOMAS LYNN GRIFFEESpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 49
- LAWRENCE J STARKWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 28E, Line 50
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
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.