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WALLIS GILBERT PATTERSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 10, 1944 – May 7, 1969
Service recordWallis Gilbert Patterson, of Rockford, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 10, 1944
- Home of record
- Rockford, Illinois (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 16
- ANTHONY PHILIP AGARSpecialist Four · May 7, 1969
- JAMES ARTHUR BORDENSergeant · May 7, 1969
- DALE ALLEN FAHRNIPrivate First Class · May 7, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH GLYNN JRPrivate First Class · May 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN F MATTAROCCHIA JRSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 17
- ALTON STARLING ELLISSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 18
From Rockford
- LARRY DEAN BELLCorporal · November 10, 1965
- THOMAS DUANE GLAWEPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- A W TRIPPLETTPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- RODERICK JAMES RODENBECKPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- J L LYLESCorporal · February 16, 1967
- MELVIN BALLARDSergeant · March 11, 1967
- ROBERT VERNER PEARSONSpecialist Four · April 7, 1967
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- NOTLEY GWYNN MADDOXColonel · May 20, 1967
- LARRY WILLIAM KNIGHTHospitalman · June 1, 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.