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Run Through the Jungle: Military Assistance Command, Vietnam: Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG), 1964-1972, Volume 1
By Shawn Fisher
Lone Survivor
By Marcus Luttrell
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 57587" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Patterson</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Ernest Gerald</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>3 Bn (Khaki Combat Team)</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Private First Class</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>35094490</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Bronze Star,Purple Heart</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Burma 1944</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Henderson County,Illinois</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 11.7.1916 Veedersburg,indiana</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of John William and Imo Pearl (nee Glover) Patterson</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated high school</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>waiter in civilian life</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>enlisted 1.3.1943 Fort Benjamin Harrison,Indiana</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>arrived Burma 25.5.1944</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>WIA 2.8.1944 near Myitkyina,Burma</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>475 Infantry Regiment (Company K,3 Bn) 1944-45</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>returned to USA January 1945</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>discharged July 1947</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married Marzell Lavon Ricketts 27.7.1942 (1920-2003) (2 daughters)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>last residence 1203 B Garden Drive,Danville,Illinois</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 5.7.1988</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Mound Cemetery,Perrysville,Vermillion County,Indiana</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/e-patterson.29273/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/29/29273-c7f5337f1566a0602cd82d9a80dc48c5.jpg?1591434313" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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