Wanke, Patrick A.
Army Private 1st class

Patrick A. Wanke, age 20, from Watertown, Wisconsin, Dodge county.

Parents: Edward N. Wanke and Marie

Service era: Gulf War
Schools: Watertown High (1989)
Military history: 101st Airborne Division

Date of death: Monday, March 25, 1991
Death details: Died in Iraq of a gunshot wound to the head from his own weapon at Tallil Airfield in Iraq. Army said it was self-inflicted and could have been an accident.
Cemetery: Saint Henry’s in Watertown

Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Department of Defense, Associated Press (1991), Minneapolis Star Tribune (1991)