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Personal info

Full name
PATTON, Clifford E
Date of birth
23 August 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
Hometown
San Francisco County, California

Military service

Service number
39424148
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
116th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Brassert-Waltrop, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 8 9

Immediate family

Members
Clifford C. Patton (father)
Emma P. (Brown) Patton (mother)
Maxine Patton (sister)
Frences E. Patton (wife)

More information

Clifford E. Patton worked as a longshoreman or stevedore.

He enlisted in San Francisco, California on 4 September 1944. He joined his unit from a replacement depot on 15 February 1945.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten www.archives.gov, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Trees

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Fred Munckhof