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STANLEY PATTERSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 17, 1946 – February 7, 1969
Service recordStanley Patterson, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1969, in Sa Dec Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 17, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Sa Dec
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Sa Dec Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 81
- CHARLES HEDRIC OXENDINESpecialist Four · February 7, 1969
- JAMES EVERETT PIERCESeaman · February 7, 1969
- JOHN ANTHONY PROMBOFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1969
- KENNETH EUGENE ROBERTSSpecialist Four · February 7, 1969
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.