Patrick Regan Diehl

Corporal
C CO, 1ST BN, 501ST INF RGT, 101 ABN DIV
Army of the United States
05 August 1949 - 21 May 1969
Chagrin Falls, Ohio
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101 ABN DIV

501ST INF RGT 		Combat Infantry

Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

Airborne!

The database page for Patrick Regan Diehl

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:


The point-of-contact for this memorial is
a Screaming Eagle researcher,
Roger Ables
redleg101@charter.net 
1 Feb 2005


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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
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