US PARAS 2 Patterson, Richard Lee

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Patterson​

• FORENAME

Richard Lee​

• UNIT

505 Infantry Regiment (Airborne) (Company B,2 Bn)​

• RANK

Second Lieutenant​

• NUMBER

0-5351320​

• DATE OF DEATH

29th May 1969​

• AGE

25​

• GRAVESITE

Roane Memorial Gardens,Rockwood,Roane County,Tennessee​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Harriman,Tennessee​

born 23.11.1943​

married​

graduated Tennessee Technical University 1967​

entered service 1967​

Infantry OCS,Fort Benning November 1968-May 1969​

commissioned 2Lt 6.5.1969​

award Bronze Star​

promoted First Lieutenant posthumously​

KIA Binh Duong Province,South Vietnam​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 23W Line 17​

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