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PATRICK JOHN MCCORMICK
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 29, 1947 – August 25, 1968
Service recordPatrick John McCormick, of Richmond Hill, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 18
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Richmond Hill, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 18
- JERRY LLOYD DAVISSergeant · August 25, 1968
- GARRY MICHAEL MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- FRANCIS TRAINOR MULVEYCorporal · August 25, 1968
- ARDEN GENE SONNENBERGPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM THEODORE ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 46W, Line 11
- ROBERT JOSEPH DORSHAKSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 14
- JEFFREY WILLIS POHJOLACorporal · Panel 46W, Line 20
- LELAND EUGENE RADLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 21
- CORNELIUS F MURPHY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 23
- THOMAS JOHN STOPYRASpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 23
- JAMES BARRINGTON WESTBROOKCaptain · Panel 46W, Line 25
From Richmond Hill
- GEORGE THOMAS STRIDIRONSergeant First Class · April 30, 1966
- LOUIS EDWARD WILLETTPrivate First Class · February 15, 1967
- LAWRENCE STRACKPrivate · March 3, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD SIBILLYSergeant · September 7, 1967
- BRUCE ROBERT HAYESLance Corporal · May 29, 1968
- EDWARD VINCENT COFFEYCorporal · August 21, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD REHDERSpecialist Four · October 20, 1968
- FREDRICK STANLEY SHAVELSpecialist Four · April 16, 1969
- DOUGLAS RAY ANDERSONTechnical Sergeant · July 3, 1970
- MICHAEL SMITHSergeant · October 11, 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.