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PATRICK MICHAEL LORDITCH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 18, 1949 – August 6, 1968
Service recordPatrick Michael Lorditch, of Leicester, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 6, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 20
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Leicester, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 20
- JOHN CHARLES MARTINSecond Lieutenant · August 6, 1968
- ANDREW CHARLES RACKOWPetty Officer Second Class · August 6, 1968
- JAMES LEE RATLIFFStaff Sergeant · August 6, 1968
- JAMES EARL RUDDPrivate First Class · August 6, 1968
From Leicester
- RICHARD WARREN HUNTOONLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- PAUL DONALD SPILLANESergeant First Class · July 26, 1968
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.