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PATRICK JOSEPH MCCABE
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 20, 1924 – May 6, 1968
Service recordPatrick Joseph McCabe, of Bismarck, North Dakota, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 13
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Senior Supply/Service Sergeant (76Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- July 20, 1924
- Home of record
- Bismarck, North Dakota (Burleigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 43
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 13
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL MCGINTYPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- CHARLES FRANK MCGOWENSergeant · May 6, 1968
- ORVAL WADE MCLEARYWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1968
- ROBERT HAL MUNDYSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN ALLISON ALLSOPPSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 38
- WAYNE JOSEPH BEDWELLPrivate · Panel 56E, Line 1
- CLETUH HOLLOMAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 8
- JIMMIE ALVIN FANCHERStaff Sergeant · Panel 56E, Line 11
From Bismarck
- ROY CARL WAGNERSpecialist Four · October 2, 1967
- CHESTER LEROY COONSPetty Officer Second Class · February 17, 1968
- DEWAYNE MICHAEL SELBYPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
- ERNEST E BARTOLINA JRCaptain · February 7, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD KELLY JRCaptain · July 25, 1969
- DONALD GENE VOLLMERSpecialist Five · November 2, 1969
- GLENN ERVIN MAIERFireman · July 11, 1970
- JAMES ALAN FOWLERLieutenant Colonel · June 6, 1972
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.