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WILLIAM ANTHONY PATTERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 24, 1950 – June 9, 1968
Service recordWilliam Anthony Patterson, of Superior, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 16
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Superior, Wisconsin (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 16
- EMORY DAVID VOORHIESCorporal · June 9, 1968
- HAROLD ALLEN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY WILSON JRLance Corporal · June 9, 1968
- JACK LEE WOOLSEYLance Corporal · June 9, 1968
From Superior
- HOWARD DALE STROUSEMaster Sergeant · October 6, 1966
- ROBERT DALE ERICKSONSpecialist Four · January 13, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH ANDERSONPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- VICTOR BERT MEYERSSergeant · August 9, 1968
- ROY L EDELSTEINPrivate First Class · August 14, 1968
- RONALD DUANE GOLDENSpecialist Four · August 20, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES SHELLUMSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- DAVID LENOX BANKSPrivate First Class · April 21, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL BOZINSKIWarrant Officer 1 · August 15, 1969
- JAMES JOHN GUNDERSONSergeant · November 15, 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.