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PATRICK TRACY
Fireman · U.S. Navy
February 5, 1948 – March 8, 1970
Service recordPatrick Tracy, of East Detroit, Michigan, served as a Fireman in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 8, 1970, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 98
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
- Fireman (FN)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fireman (FN)
- Born
- February 5, 1948
- Home of record
- East Detroit, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kien Tuong Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 98
- JOHN RICHARD PENMANFirst Lieutenant · March 8, 1970
- JOSEPH JOHN POSTIGLIONESergeant · March 8, 1970
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROGNESpecialist Five · March 8, 1970
- TERRANCE WESLEY ANDERSONWarrant Officer 1 · March 9, 1970
From East Detroit
- CHARLES AUGUST KRONBERGSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- GEORGE DAVID WHITELAWCorporal · February 25, 1968
- RONNIE LEE OBNEYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- DONALD KENT MCLEANSergeant · February 7, 1969
- CHARLES FRANCIS COOKSergeant · March 28, 1969
- CASIMIR KULIKSergeant · December 12, 1969
- KENNETH STANLEY GNIEWEKCorporal · September 5, 1970
- RICHARD LENARD HAMILTONPrivate First Class · February 26, 1971
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.