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STEVEN CRAIG PATTERSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 15, 1946 – March 22, 1967
Service recordSteven Craig Patterson, of Huntington Park, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 22, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 22
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Huntington Park, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 22
- JOHN ARTHUR MOTTSpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- TIMOTHY XAVIER MURPHYSergeant · March 22, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH OBRIENPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- RICHARD PATTERSONWarrant Officer 1 · March 22, 1967
From Huntington Park
- DAVID LUIS GALANPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- DENNIS WILLIAM PETERSONLieutenant · July 19, 1967
- CHARLES DAVID HOMLieutenant (junior grade) · August 17, 1967
- DONALD LEE BAKERPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- GALE ROBERT SIOWPetty Officer Third Class · January 11, 1968
- JOSEPH ANTHONY JANOWICZSpecialist Four · April 14, 1968
- JOSEPH RALPH FRANCKOWIAKCorporal · July 27, 1968
- DAVID VERNON MCCOLLUMPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- GEORGE FLOHR JRPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
- JOSEPH YBARRA RAMIREZ JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 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.