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PATRICK JOSEPH TROTTER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 5, 1950 – February 4, 1971
Service recordPatrick Joseph Trotter, of Ft Dodge, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- September 5, 1950
- Home of record
- Ft Dodge, Iowa (Webster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1971; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 78
- DAYLE RAYMOND HALLSpecialist Four · February 4, 1971
- ANDRES LOPEZ RAMONSpecialist Four · February 4, 1971
- NELSON GRAFTON RICHARDSONSpecialist Five · February 4, 1971
- STEPHEN MICHAEL TRAYNORSpecialist Four · February 4, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ANDRES LOPEZ RAMONSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 78
- NELSON GRAFTON RICHARDSONSpecialist Five · Panel 5W, Line 78
From Ft Dodge
- TERRENCE HASTINGS GRIFFEYFirst Lieutenant · May 26, 1966
- DONALD KAY LAKEYSergeant · November 1, 1966
- DONALD HENRY HOLMSpecialist Four · November 18, 1967
- ROGER LEWIS OLSONHospitalman · March 26, 1968
- RICHARD T FLATTERY JRFirst Lieutenant · May 20, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN FLESKESConstructionman · August 23, 1968
- LESLIE DEWAYNE CROUSELieutenant Colonel · August 31, 1968
- WILLIAM LEE PETERS JRFirst Lieutenant · June 21, 1969
- WILLIAM HARRISON PEASESpecialist Four · April 16, 1970
- TIMOTHY LEE GREENSergeant · May 7, 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.