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WARD KARL PATTON
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
January 18, 1934 – July 27, 1968
Service recordWard Karl Patton, of Fontana, Kansas, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 27, 1968, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 20
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Commissaryman (CS)
- Unit (as recorded)
- COMNAVSUPPACT SGN DET YRBM 18
- Born
- January 18, 1934
- Home of record
- Fontana, Kansas (Miami County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1968
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1968; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 50W, Line 20
- ROY EDWIN PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · July 27, 1968
- CHESTER MICHAEL RENCEVICZLance Corporal · July 27, 1968
- THOMAS MILTON ROLANDPetty Officer Third Class · July 27, 1968
- ROBERT ANTHONY ROMEROSpecialist Four · July 27, 1968
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.