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PATRICK R SCULLY JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 27, 1944 – July 17, 1968
Service recordPatrick R Scully JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 17, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 47
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- July 27, 1944
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1968; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 47
- DONALD JAMES SMITHSpecialist Four · July 17, 1968
- GARY DALE TICELance Corporal · July 17, 1968
- DALLAS RAY TRAVISPrivate First Class · July 17, 1968
- WILLIAM B WEATHERS IIICorporal · July 17, 1968
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.