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Personal info

Full name
PATTON, John A
Date of birth
1916
Age
unknown
Place of birth
unknown
Hometown
Caldwell, Sumner County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37463856
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
504th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 February 1945
Place of death
Mertesrott Heights
Near Neuhof, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 6 1

Source of information: Frank van Lunteren, Peter Schouteten

Photo source: Peter Schouteten