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Personal info

Full name
JEFFERSON, Paten Andrew
Date of birth
3 August 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Collinstown, Stokes County, North Carolina
Hometown
Francisco, Stokes County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
44017440
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
417th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 March 1945
Place of death
Finsternthal, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 12 24

Immediate family

Members
James W. Jefferson (father)
Nancy J. (Slate) Jefferson (mother)
Hattie M. Jefferson (sister)
Lillie B. Jefferson (sister)
Bessie I. Jefferson (sister)
Russel L. Jefferson (brother)
Mary Ann Jefferson (sister)
James W. Jefferson (brother)
Samuel E. Jefferson (brother)
John F. Jefferson (brother)
Thomas J. Jefferson (brother)
Charlie R. Jefferson (brother)
Martha R. Jefferson (sister)

More information

Pvt Paten A. Jefferson enlisted at Camp Croft, South Carolina on 30 September 1944.
He was killed by a shell fragment wound in the face.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Stromberg Germany on 1 April 1945.

Source of information: André Koch, IDPF, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census /Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - A.W.R.