Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
PATRICK, John McCoy
Date of birth
20 February 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Grundy County, Tennessee
Hometown
District 6, Warren County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34147987
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Waldbillig, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 12 4

Immediate family

Members
James W. Patrick (father)
Laura (Slaughter) Patrick (mother)
Marcus H. Patrick (brother)
Nannie P. Patrick (sister)
Jesse J. Patrick (brother)
Clifton O. Patrick (brother)

More information

Pfc John M. Patrick was a lumberman before he enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 17 October 1941.

His brothers Jesse and Clifton also served during WWII but survived the war.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Records, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / Shirley Kay - Still Family Trees, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com