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RICKY ALAN PATE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 28, 1953 – October 13, 1971
Service recordRicky Alan Pate, of Greensburg, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1971, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 38
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- June 28, 1953
- Home of record
- Greensburg, Indiana (Decatur County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1971
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1971; four of them were lost in Chau Doc Province. In October 1971, 132 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 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 38
- AUDLEY DUANE MILLSSergeant First Class · October 11, 1971
- JOHN STEPHEN CHRINWarrant Officer 1 · October 13, 1971
- MICHAEL LEE DARRAHSergeant · October 13, 1971
- HUGO ARAUX GAYTANSergeant · October 13, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOHN STEPHEN CHRINWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 2W, Line 38
- MICHAEL LEE DARRAHSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 38
- HUGO ARAUX GAYTANSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 38
- RONALD KENNETH SCHULZChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 2W, Line 39
From Greensburg
- PATRICK ALAN SHUTTERSFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1968
- JACK RAY DANCEPrivate First Class · January 18, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD HASHCorporal · May 21, 1969
- ROBERT PAUL ACHER JRCaptain · September 1, 1969
- JAMES RALPH MORROWPrivate First Class · September 9, 1969
- KENNETH BERNARD LUTTELCorporal · June 2, 1970
- JAMES RICHARD POWELLCorporal · June 17, 1970
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.