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ROGER WAYNE PATTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 5, 1948 – March 27, 1969
Service recordRoger Wayne Patton, of Neosho, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 27, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 63
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Neosho, Missouri (Newton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 63
- WILLIAM DON POTTERWarrant Officer 1 · March 27, 1969
- SAMUEL ALBERT ROBERSONWarrant Officer 1 · March 27, 1969
- FERROL SHANE SMITHPrivate First Class · March 27, 1969
- WILLIAM P THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · March 27, 1969
From Neosho
- JOHN CLAYTON WALLACEWarrant Officer 1 · September 26, 1968
- GARY WAYNE MAYPrivate First Class · January 26, 1969
- TERRY LESTER ZUMALTPrivate First Class · November 15, 1969
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.