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Personal info

Full name
PATTERSON, Herbert Bernard
Date of birth
9 November 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Okmulgee, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Okmulgee, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
18147905
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 December 1944
Place of death
Gey, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 8 74

Immediate family

Members
Ralph A. Patterson (father)
Mary L. (Knittel) Patterson (mother)
Viva L. Patterson (sister)
Mary G. Patterson (sister)
John F. Patterson (brother)
Theresa Patterson (sister)
Thelma E. Patterson (sister)
Ralph R. Patterson (brother)
Robert R. Patterson (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Herbert B. Patterson attended college.

He joined the Regular Army in Stillwater, Oklahoma on 13 October 1942.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / Newhouse Family Tree / Public member stories

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Cathy Hendon