Preston Mark Patch
from Johnson,Vermont
Private (11056444)
4 Company 1 Regiment
born 8.9.1922 Randolph,Vermont
son of Mark Wilson and Katherine Estella (nee Matherson) Patch
graduated high school,Johnson,Vermont
farmer in civilian life
enlisted 24.7.1942
FSSF 1942-44
506 Parachute Infantry Regiment 1945
award Purple Heart
postwar worked on family farm
employed by Vermont State Highway Department
resided in Elmore,Vermont for last 54 years
married Dorothy Young (1927- ) (2 sons predeceased him K. Jon and T. Reginald)
died 17.11.2009
Lamoille View Cemetery,Johnson,Lamoille County,Vermont
photo source Eric Morgensen
