Patrick Regan Diehl
Corporal
C CO, 1ST BN, 501ST INFANTRY, 101ST ABN DIV, USARV
Army of the United States
Chagrin Falls, Ohio
August 05, 1949 to May 21, 1969
PATRICK R DIEHL is on the Wall at Panel W24, Line 64

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1 Feb 2005

Patrick Regan Diehl was the sniper for 2nd Platoon of Charlie Company. He died while the 2nd and 3rd Platoons assaulted a fortified hill during Operation Lamar Plain. A combat medic and eleven infantrymen died on and around the hill that day. Forty-six men were wounded nearly overwhelming the 27th Evac Hospital at Chu Lai as they were brought in, most of them after dark.


 

A Note from The Virtual Wall

The twelve men from 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry, who died in the fighting at Hill 270 on 21 May 1969 were
  • B Company:
    • PFC Edison R. Phillips, Plymouth, PA

  • C Company:
    • CPL Patrick R. Diehl, Chagrin Falls, OH
    • PFC Louis E. Fenceroy, Bastrop, LA
    • PFC Thomas P. Jackson, Westbury, NY
    • PFC Lee A. Napier, Orchard, NE

  • D Company:

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