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Personal info

Full name
PATTON, Vance Harland
Date of birth
15 August 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Gibsonville, Alamance County, North Carolina
Hometown
Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34898903
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Sigolsheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 17 57

Immediate family

Members
Jacob D. Patton (father)
Annie D. Patton (mother)
Lance Patton (brother)
Jake D. Patton (brother)
Floyd E. Patton (brother)
Daniel C. Patton (brother)
Ray F. Patton (brother)
William M. Patton (brother)
Mildred E. (Hendrick) Patton (wife)
Landy Patton (son)

More information

Pfc Vance H. Patton attended high school for one year and was employed by B.V. May knitting goods.

He is remembered at Gibsonville City Cemetery in Gibsonville, Guilford County, North Carolina with a memorial marker.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / R J Shepard