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ROBERTO LERMA PATINO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 20, 1940 – October 22, 1970
Service recordRoberto Lerma Patino, of Corpus Christi, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 22, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 16
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 20, 1940
- Home of record
- Corpus Christi, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1970
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 6W, Line 16
- GEORGE ANTON HAINSpecialist Four · October 22, 1970
- MILO CLINTON ISAACSSergeant First Class · October 22, 1970
- ANGEL JOSE MORENOPrivate First Class · October 22, 1970
- STEPHEN PAUL SCHRIVERSpecialist Five · October 22, 1970
From Corpus Christi
- FAYBERT RAY BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- JOE THOMAS WELBORNChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM A JENNINGS IIICorporal · December 13, 1965
- MIGUEL GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- WILLIAM R MINDACHSpecialist Four · July 6, 1966
- BENITO PEREZFirst Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- RAUL FLORESLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- JERRY PHILLIPSPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1966
- ALFREDO CASTANONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- DWIGHT KING SATTERWHITEPrivate First Class · September 24, 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.