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PATRICK ROBERT MCNELIS
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
March 17, 1947 – May 16, 1969
Service recordPatrick Robert McNelis, of Mckeesport, Pennsylvania, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 16, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 25
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 2 GA GRP COM ACT 3 MAF
- Born
- March 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Mckeesport, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 25
- MELVIN THOMAS COWDELLSergeant · May 16, 1969
- ROY WILLIAM DUNBAR JRFirst Lieutenant · May 16, 1969
- JOE LYNN FOWLERSpecialist Four · May 16, 1969
- ALEXANDER A MONGELLICorporal · May 16, 1969
From Mckeesport
- NORMAN WALLACE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- MICHAEL JOSEPH NEMCHICKPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- MICHAEL DENNIS PLISKAPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS BROOKS JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- THOMAS JOHN WINKELVOSSStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1966
- TYRONE GREGORY BURSEPrivate First Class · August 5, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD WESTPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
- DAVID LLOYD GEORGE MOSERStaff Sergeant · October 6, 1966
- GREGORY FRANCIS POPOWITZLance Corporal · January 24, 1968
- CURTIS TAYLOR GAYSpecialist Four · January 30, 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.