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RONALD ALAN PATTISON
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 11, 1945 – September 6, 1967
Service recordRonald Alan Pattison, of North Little Rock, Arkansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 6, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 15
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Born
- August 11, 1945
- Home of record
- North Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 15
- ALBERTO HECTOR MORANPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- DENNIE DONALD PETERSONSecond Lieutenant · September 6, 1967
- WALTER MACK PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · September 6, 1967
- HUMPHREY JAMES PRICELance Corporal · September 6, 1967
From North Little Rock
- AQUILA BAKERPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- OTIS CECIL JONES JRSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- GERALD WILLIAM ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- PAUL EVANS MAYERSergeant Major · March 28, 1968
- COY EDWARD STROBLECorporal · June 13, 1968
- MICHAEL STEWART ELLEDGEFirst Lieutenant · July 24, 1968
- JOHN WAYNE ACOSTASpecialist Four · July 27, 1968
- RONALD EUGENE DAVISPrivate First Class · September 2, 1968
- MARVIN COOK JRCaptain · January 26, 1969
- HAROLD EDWARD CROWDERPrivate First Class · March 3, 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.