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Personal info

Full name
PATER, Richard
Date of birth
27 August 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa
Hometown
Sheldon, O’Brien County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37428387
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 October 1944
Place of death
Forêt de Parroy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 26 44

Immediate family

Members
Elbert Pater (father)
Rijkje (Lagerwij) Pater (mother)
Kors Pater (brother)
Jennie Pater (sister)
Gerrit Pater (brother)
Aart Pater (brother)
Ida Pater (sister)
Herman Pater (brother)
Anthony Pater (brother)
Albert Pater (brother)
Gertie Pater (sister)
Johnny Pater (brother)

More information

Pfc Richard Pater enlisted on 3 September 1942 and was sent overseas on 24 May 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

His brother, Johnny Pater, is buried at Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Iowa WWII Bonus Case Files / Gerrit Plantage Family Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Eric Ackerman

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