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WILLIAM R PATIENCE JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 24, 1928 – August 21, 1964
Service recordWilliam R Patience JR, of Noroton, Connecticut, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 21, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- July 24, 1928
- Home of record
- Noroton, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1964
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1964. In August 1964, 17 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 63
- JOHN BERNARD MCLAUGHLINCaptain · August 27, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JAMES EDWIN BAILEYStaff Sergeant · September 4, 1964
- RICHARD THOMAS LYNCHCaptain · September 10, 1964
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.