The Wall › Panel 7E › California › Richard Michael Patrick
RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 12, 1945 – May 17, 1966
Service recordRichard Michael Patrick, of San Jose, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 74
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 12, 1945
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 7E, Line 74
- VICTOR HUBERT ONEALSergeant · May 17, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS PADILLASergeant · May 17, 1966
- LARRY PAULLEYSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- KENNETH WALTER PICKETTStaff Sergeant · May 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ARTIS WESLEY ANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 66
- RICHARD WILLIAM BULLOCKPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 68
- WALTER L BURROUGHSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 68
- TONY DEDMANSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 69
- KENNETH EUGENE DUNCANPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 69
- FELIX ESPARZA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 70
- ALLEN MORGAN GARRETTPrivate · Panel 7E, Line 71
- EDWARD HAMILTONSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 71
- JOHNNY HARRISONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 71
- WILLIAM E WALTERSSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 77
- JIMMY LAVERNE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 78
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 1966
- GEORGE J CARRILLO JRSpecialist Four · February 6, 1967
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.