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PATRICK PETER DWYER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 29, 1942 – July 18, 1966
Service recordPatrick Peter Dwyer, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 32
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Transport Operator (64C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 29, 1942
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 32
- ROBERT HERMAN BUTLER JRSergeant · July 18, 1966
- ULYSSES CORNELIUS COOPERSergeant First Class · July 18, 1966
- RAMON DESCHAMPSPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
- JOSEPH WESLEY DUNNPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DONALD JAMES PRIESTPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 34
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.