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THOMAS JAMES PATTON
Colonel · U.S. Army
March 23, 1925 – May 10, 1971
Service recordThomas James Patton, of Lawton, Oklahoma, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1971, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 46. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 29
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
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Inspector General (9310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 23, 1925
- Home of record
- Lawton, Oklahoma (Comanche County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1971
- Age
- 46
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1971; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 29
- CLAYTON WADE JAMESChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 10, 1971
- JAMES MARTIN LUTTRELLSergeant First Class · May 10, 1971
- HERBERT OHLERSergeant First Class · May 10, 1971
- ALEXANDER QUIROZSpecialist Four · May 10, 1971
Same unit, same day
- LEWIS CLARK WALTONSergeant First Class · Panel 3W, Line 30
- MICKEY LOUIS WILSONSpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 31
From Lawton
- ARNOLD DEAN KNIFFINMajor · June 1, 1964
- CLYDE DAVID TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · January 5, 1966
- ALBERT C ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM EMMETTSergeant First Class · March 5, 1966
- WILFRED ALCIDE DOIRONPlatoon Sergeant · June 22, 1966
- RUSSELL EUGENE PESEWONITPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- HULSA D WOLFEStaff Sergeant · May 13, 1967
- LAWRENCE RAY LASITERStaff Sergeant · June 19, 1967
- DOUGLAS WAYNE HILLPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- JOHN DAVID MERRIMANSecond Lieutenant · August 31, 1967
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.