PATTERSON GORDON LEE

Name: WO1 Gordon Lee Patterson
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 11/16/1968 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Age at death: 36.6
Date of Birth: 04/24/1932
Home City: Odessa, TX
Service: TC branch of the reserve component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: 1 LOG COM
Major organization: 1st Logistic Command
Service: TC branch of the U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 39W-075
Short Summary: Ground casualty
Service number: W2219538
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 562E = Assistant Engineer
Primary cause: Need to Verify
Compliment cause: grenades
Started Tour: 09/07/1968
"Official" listing: ground casualty
Length of service: 10
Location: Bien Hoa Province III Corps.
Reason: gunshot or small arms fire
Casualty type: Hostile - killed
married male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Protestant - no denominational preference
The following information secondary, but may help in explaining this incident.
Category of casualty as defined by the Army: battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: warrant officer
This record was last updated on 02/21/1994

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