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PATRICK STEVEN LAIRD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 10, 1947 – October 11, 1968
Service recordPatrick Steven Laird, of Castro Valley, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 48
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Castro Valley, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 48
- BENNY JOE HICKSCorporal · October 11, 1968
- GARY DOUGLAS KEMSKICorporal · October 11, 1968
- LAWRENCE CHARLE KLEINHANSLance Corporal · October 11, 1968
- STEVEN WAYNE MARTINCaptain · October 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- VARISE HELTON CRABTREE JRSpecialist Five · Panel 41W, Line 45
From Castro Valley
- RICHARD LEE IANNICELLIPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- PAUL PHILLIP VANOVERLance Corporal · July 25, 1966
- GLENN DOUGLAS MOOREWarrant Officer 1 · February 8, 1968
- WILLIAM BLAKELYPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- THAD BAZILY JESSIMANPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- GERALD THOMAS DUFFEYPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
- STEVEN CRAIG CANRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 27, 1968
- EDWARD THEODORE PETERS JRPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- DON JAY MCATEESergeant · April 18, 1969
- LARRY HOUSTON COOKEStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1969
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.