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WAYNE ONEAL PATTERSON
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 6, 1938 – February 11, 1971
Service recordWayne Oneal Patterson, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1971, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 97
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 6, 1938
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1971
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1971; two of them were lost in Chau Doc Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 97
- RICHARD WILLIAM OKEEFEFirst Lieutenant · February 11, 1971
- VERNON EDWARD RAINEYCorporal · February 11, 1971
- LUCIO JON REISSpecialist Four · February 11, 1971
- DANIEL HARRISON TATELieutenant Colonel · February 11, 1971
Same unit, same day
- OLAN DAN COLEMANSergeant First Class · Panel 5W, Line 95
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 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.