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SAMUEL LEE PATTERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 24, 1946 – May 13, 1969
Service recordSamuel Lee Patterson, of Hueytown, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 108
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- June 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Hueytown, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
112 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 108
- PHILIP GWYN NICHOLSSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- WARREN PAUL NIXPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- STEPHEN VANCE PARKERLance Corporal · May 13, 1969
- FRANCIS G PATTONPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
From Hueytown
- LEONARD PHILLIPSMaster Sergeant · June 23, 1967
- PAUL WEDLAKE BANNONColonel · July 12, 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.