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Personal info

Full name
PATTERSON, William Sanford
Date of birth
18 July 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Henry County, Virginia
Hometown
Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34863114
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
H Company,
2nd Battalion,
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Wecker, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 9 62

Immediate family

Members
David J. Patterson (father)
Maggie A. (Odell) Patterson (mother)
Russell Patterson (brother)
Johnnie Patterson (brother)
Dewey J. Patterson (brother)
Sherman L. Patterson (brother)
Thelma Patterson (sister)
Clyde F. Patterson (brother)
Eugene Patterson (brother)
Jack Patterson (brother)
Bob Patterson (brother)
Helen L. Patterson (sister)
Margaret Patterson (sister)

More information

Pvt William S. Patterson attended Wentworth High School and was employed at McNeil Construction in Las Vegas, Nevada.

He enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 16 May 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Danny van der Groen – Company’s / 4ID After Action Reports, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery