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RICHARD STUART PATTERSON
Private · U.S. Army
February 14, 1950 – July 6, 1971
Service recordRichard Stuart Patterson, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 102
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1971; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 102
- ALAN SHERMAN GOFFPrivate First Class · July 6, 1971
- RUBEN RUBIOSergeant · July 6, 1971
- FREDERICK BRU SUMMERVILLESpecialist Four · July 6, 1971
- DANIEL WAYNE THOMASCaptain · July 6, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ALAN SHERMAN GOFFPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 102
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
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.