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PATRICK LEROY MANSFIELD
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 17, 1950 – May 12, 1968
Service recordPatrick Leroy Mansfield, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · 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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 17, 1950
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 59E, Line 2
- EMMIT CHARLES DANSBYLance Corporal · May 12, 1968
- CHARLES DUDLEY DORMANCorporal · May 12, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD LEEPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH BRONCZYKSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 31
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 1966
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.