The Wall › Panel 13W › Washington › Patrick Owen Pompella
PATRICK OWEN POMPELLA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 8, 1949 – February 18, 1970
Service recordPatrick Owen Pompella, of Arlington, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 30
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Arlington, Washington (Snohomish County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 30
- DAVID FRANCIS SKALAPrivate First Class · February 18, 1970
- ERIC WYCKOFF TAYLORWarrant Officer 1 · February 18, 1970
- RONAL LOYD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · February 18, 1970
- THOMAS ALBERT WILLIAMSLance Corporal · February 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DANNY EUGENE BLEVINSPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 26
- RICHARD ALBERT BURGESSSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 26
- GARY JAMES EARLYWINESergeant · Panel 13W, Line 27
From Arlington
- VIRGIL JAMES FOWLERStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1968
- DOYLE TRAVIS ANDERSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1968
- STEPHEN LEE BUSBYPrivate First Class · April 4, 1970
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.