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WILLIAM WESLEY PATTERSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 8, 1946 – March 30, 1967
Service recordWilliam Wesley Patterson, of Casa Grande, Arizona, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 30, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 74
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- August 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Casa Grande, Arizona (Pinal County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 74
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCDOWELLSpecialist Four · March 30, 1967
- ROBERT LEE MCGEELance Corporal · March 30, 1967
- ROBERT WALTER MITCHELLPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- WALTER JOSEPH NERAD JRCorporal · March 30, 1967
From Casa Grande
- ORIN LARRY ALLREDCorporal · November 11, 1965
- GUADALUPE RENDONHospitalman · June 9, 1967
- JERRY ALAN HURDSpecialist Four · February 14, 1968
- TOM GALVEZCorporal · May 27, 1968
- SALVADOR JOE MENDEZSpecialist Four · August 19, 1968
- DARRELL LEROY LUTRICKCorporal · September 26, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL TURNERWarrant Officer 1 · March 26, 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.