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PATTEN, Ory Sturgis - Date of
birth
26 June 1919 -
Age
unknown - Place of
birth
Tully, Marion County, Ohio -
Hometown
Waldo Township, Marion County, Ohio
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35618335 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
-
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
unknown - Place of
death
Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Francis E. Patten (father)
Sarah (Struthers) Patten (mother)
Lillie A. Patten (sister)
Sarah I. Patten (sister)
Ethel M. (Smith) Patten (wife)
Rosalie Patten (daughter)
Sally Patten (daughter)
More information
Pfc Ory S. Patten was a graduate of Claridon High School in 1937 and was employed at the Pollak Steel Co.He was married to Ethel Mae Smith, on 9 February 1941.
He enlisted in Columbus Ohio on 12 December 1942 and was stationed at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indana and later received training at Camp Toccoa and Fort Benning, Georgia. and at Camp Pickett, Virginia.
He was officially decleared dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.
Ppf Ory S. Patten's uncle - Pvt Ory J. Struthers - was killed in WWI and is buried at the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery in Romagne, France. He was named after him.
Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Struthers Family Tree / Roston Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - The Marion Star
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Rosalie Patten Welsh