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A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter.
A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter. Photo: SP4 James B. Egan, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Patrick Weber.

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PATRICK WEBER

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

November 15, 1950 – May 22, 1971

Service record

Patrick Weber, of San Francisco, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 3W · Line 51

Position of Panel 3W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Medical Specialist (91B)
Unit (as recorded)
US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
Born
November 15, 1950
Home of record
San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 22, 1971
Age
20
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

Context · from the records

What was happening

Ten names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 3W, Line 51

Same unit, same day

From San Francisco

All 164 names from San Francisco →

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.