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PATRICK LEO KORTESMAKI
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 25, 1945 – August 16, 1968
Service recordPatrick Leo Kortesmaki, of Silver Bay, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 16, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 27
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 630 ENG CO 39 ENG BN
- Born
- July 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Silver Bay, Minnesota (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1968; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “630 ENG CO 39 ENG BN”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 27
- PAUL LLOYD HUFFSpecialist Four · August 16, 1968
- CRAWFORD JACKSON JRCorporal · August 16, 1968
- GARY DON LAWSONPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- STEPHEN WILLIAM LEONARDISFirst Lieutenant · August 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL LLOYD HUFFSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 27
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.