2Lt. Adolf "Pat" Paterson     

 

Mil# 12050333 

Enlisted: 19 March 1942, Boston, MA

 

USAAF 1st Air Force (1942)

Tankdestroyer OCS Fort Hood (1942)

 A-Company 643rd TD BN. (1943-1944)

2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment 101st AB. Div. (1944-1945)

2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment 82nd AB. Div. (1945-1946)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Born:18 December 1920  Place: Elizabeth, NJ 

Died:  14 May 2020   Place: Toms River, NJ 

Buriel place:  Brigadier-General William C. Doyle Cemetery, Arneytown, NJ

 

 

Wife: Mary Paterson (Andy)   Married: 4 September 1946

Children: Andrea, Bruce, Nancy, Janet, Judith, Charles and Karen  

 

Father:Charles Paterson  Mother: Ingeborg Paterson (Koed)

Siblings: Ross, Edith and Charles 

 

 

Awards

 

Distinguished Service Cross - WWII Victory Medal - American Campaign Medal

                                    

                                                                             

 

European African Middle Eastern Service Medal

Battle Stars "Rhineland-Central Europe"

 

 

 

 
Pat and 1Lt. Burl Sloan (643rd TD BN)
Deployed to Camp Swift, TX Pat became developed appendicitis and was returned to the 98th Evac. Hospital back in Camp Gruber, OK. for surgery on 21 March 1944.

After 30 day in the hospital, He was sent home on medical leave for 30 more days. Upon return to Camp Gruber, he found that the 643rd TD Battalion had been shipped out for Europe and he had been left behind. Pat was assigned to the 15th Tank Destroyer Group for holding.


(1945) 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment 101st AB. Div.

(1945-1946) 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment 82nd AB. Div.
Gravemarker on Brig-Gen.William C. Doyle Cemetery   

 

 

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