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PATRICK LEE DEWATER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 28, 1949 – September 8, 1968
Service recordPatrick Lee Dewater, of Kent, Washington, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 8, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 2
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Kent, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 2
- JOHN THOMAS CORLEY JRFirst Lieutenant · September 8, 1968
- TERRY CHARLES CORSONSergeant · September 8, 1968
- RUSSELL NORMAN FERDIGCorporal · September 8, 1968
- ISAAC RAMIREZ GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · September 8, 1968
From Kent
- ALLEN FRANK SCRANTON JRPrivate First Class · June 5, 1966
- FREDRICK MARLTON BINDERCorporal · June 27, 1966
- JAMES RAYMOND AARDELance Corporal · December 29, 1966
- GEORGE MICHAEL TAYLORSpecialist Four · May 20, 1967
- CLIFFORD OTIS WARECorporal · January 14, 1968
- DAVID JOEL SCHULTZPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- GREGORY JEROME NICCOLILance Corporal · February 4, 1969
- GEORGE MICHAEL BINNSSpecialist Four · March 3, 1969
- ROBERT RAY SANFORDPrivate First Class · July 20, 1969
- EDWARD ROWE SMILEY JRSpecialist Four · December 4, 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.