PFC
Joseph M Patterson
Aged 23, fallen January 6, 1945
- Unit
- Company G, 242nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- 33305224
- Hometown
- Beaver, Pennsylvania
- Date of death
- January 6, 1945
- Classification
- Killed in action
- Burial
- Grandview Cemetery, Section K Lot 45 N 1/2 Grave 3, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
Private First Class Joseph M Patterson, serial number 33305224, of Beaver, Pennsylvania, served with Company G of the 242nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 6, 1945, at the age of 23. He is buried at Grandview Cemetery, Section K Lot 45 N 1/2 Grave 3, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania.
Further reading: The 42nd “Rainbow” Division Was Not at the Battle of the Bulge.
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