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PATRICK LAWRENCE NESS
Ensign · U.S. Navy
November 22, 1941 – August 23, 1967
Service recordPatrick Lawrence Ness, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 23, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 34
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. Navy
- Rank
- Ensign (ENS)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1325)
- Born
- November 22, 1941
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 25E, Line 34
- FRANCIS BARNES MIDNIGHTCaptain · August 23, 1967
- MICHAEL P MOSBACHPrivate First Class · August 23, 1967
- DANIEL THOMAS OLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · August 23, 1967
- CARLTON MATTES OTTEYPrivate First Class · August 23, 1967
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 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.