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PATRICK ROBERT WOLFE JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 26, 1945 – January 19, 1968
Service recordPatrick Robert Wolfe JR, of Waterford, Michigan, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 83
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Waterford, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 83
- MICHAEL YAWORSKYSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- JAMES HENRY BASS JRPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
- THOMAS DREW BRINDLEYSecond Lieutenant · January 20, 1968
- CHARLES WILLIAM BRYANCorporal · January 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JUAN CARLOS CASTELLANOSCorporal · Panel 34E, Line 75
- DONALD A COFFINCorporal · Panel 34E, Line 75
- JOSEPH GERWATOWSKISergeant · Panel 34E, Line 76
- ROOSEVELT JONESMaster Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 78
- JAMES RUSSELL MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 79
From Waterford
- MELVIN LLOYD MCARTHURSpecialist Four · August 8, 1968
- DOUGLAS VINCENT DAILEYSenior Master Sergeant · December 13, 1968
- JAMES WILFORD CLAYPrivate First Class · May 29, 1969
- ROBERT EDWARD DORSE JRCorporal · January 7, 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.