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PATRICK WILLIAMS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
April 1, 1934 – August 28, 1965
Service recordPatrick Williams, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 28, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 1, 1934
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1965
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1965. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 61
- TRAVIS ONEAL POSSSergeant · November 15, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- FLOYD LARDINO REED JRSergeant · November 15, 1965
- DONALD BARRETT RODDYPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- JAMES DAVID SMITHSergeant · November 15, 1965
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.