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PATRICK JEROME LONG
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 5, 1944 – November 16, 1967
Service recordPatrick Jerome Long, of Poughkeepsie, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 5, 1944
- Home of record
- Poughkeepsie, New York (Dutchess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1967; five of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 4
- GEORGE KENNETH KOONSpecialist Four · November 16, 1967
- JOHN LANCE LINDABERRYPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- JOHN STEVEN MCCONNELLSergeant · November 16, 1967
- MARION LEE MEGGSLance Corporal · November 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT AUSTINSergeant · Panel 29E, Line 103
- RAYMOND PRATER COXCorporal · Panel 30E, Line 1
- JERALD WAYNE KEMPPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 3
- KENNETH LEE WITTPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 6
From Poughkeepsie
- GERALD WILLIAM GANNONPrivate First Class · February 19, 1967
- CLIFFORD M RHODES JRCorporal · May 6, 1967
- JAMES PHILLIP BURNSPrivate First Class · June 5, 1967
- NELSON WILLIAM MCKENNAPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- PAUL RICHARD HOAG JRSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- HERBERT BURTON JOHNSONSergeant · July 5, 1968
- RICHARD HENRY MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · July 30, 1968
- RICHARD RAYMOND HURLIHESpecialist Four · February 15, 1969
- JOHN R FRYEFirst Lieutenant · July 10, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BROWNPrivate First Class · November 17, 1969
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.