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RONALD WADE PATTON
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 26, 1949 – November 23, 1967
Service recordRonald Wade Patton, of Del City, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 72
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Del City, Oklahoma (Oklahoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1967; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 72
- JOHN JAMES MARTINEZLance Corporal · November 23, 1967
- RICHARD FLOYD MASONPrivate First Class · November 23, 1967
- RICHARD LAWRENCE MORENOSergeant · November 23, 1967
- FRANCIS JOHN MURACOCorporal · November 23, 1967
From Del City
- JIMMY MERYL MULLINSLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
- VERNON JOE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 11, 1967
- GERALD LOYD PARSONSPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- RICKY LEE SHACKELFORDSpecialist Four · June 9, 1968
- KENNETH W SKINNER IIIPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
- HAROLD LESLIE JONESLance Corporal · May 8, 1969
- JIMMY DOYLE SANDERSCorporal · January 3, 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.