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WILLIAM PATE
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 3, 1945 – May 12, 1968
Service recordWilliam Pate, of Lake City, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Lake City, Florida (Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 10
- ARTHUR ELLIOTT NULL JRSpecialist Five · May 12, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES OCONNOR JRPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- WARREN ROBERT ORR JRCaptain · May 12, 1968
- ANTHONY PAUL PALUMBOSpecialist Four · May 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD KEITH BAKKIEPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 29
- ROBERT MELVIN FLETCHERSergeant · Panel 59E, Line 1
- CHARLES DUDLEY DORMANCorporal · Panel 59E, Line 2
- CHARLES WALTER HARBERTPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 4
- JONATHAN HENDERSONSergeant · Panel 59E, Line 4
- JOHN ELDEN LAIPPLESergeant · Panel 59E, Line 6
- RICHARD LEE LOHSEPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 7
- ALLEN W MCNEILSergeant · Panel 59E, Line 11
- RICHARD WILLIAM VANBLARCOMSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 14
From Lake City
- GILBERT SMITH JRSergeant · August 24, 1965
- RAYMOND EUGENE JOHNSONMajor · July 19, 1966
- JULIUS FRAZIER JONESPrivate First Class · September 14, 1966
- RAY FRANCIS WILLIAMSSecond Lieutenant · December 27, 1966
- EUGENE MCCRAYPrivate First Class · April 6, 1967
- EUGENE LARRY FREEMAN JRPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- ARTHUR WAYNE THOMASPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
- RONALD WASHINGTON PHARISStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1968
- JAMES HERBERT REHBERGPrivate First Class · April 28, 1969
- MELVIN LAMAR MIZESpecialist Five · June 18, 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.