V. P.'s in
WORLD WAR II
WORLD WAR II
Carl M. Van Patten
Charles Dale Van Patten
Clayton F. Van Patten
Deline Christopher Van Patten
Edward Melville Van Patten
Emerson John Van Patten
Fred Edward Van Patten
Forrest LaMoyne Van Patten
Gail R. Van Patten KIA
George Harold Van Patten
Harold James Van Patten, Jr.
Horace Western Van Patten POW
Irvin B. Van Patten
John Henry Van Patten
Kenneth Ernest Van Patten
Leon R. Van Patten
Leonard Gale Van Patten
Perry Herbert Van Patten Died
Richard Joseph Van Patten
Vernon Neil Van Patten
Willard Glenn Van Patten Died
William Lee Van Patten
George Duncan Van Patter KIA
Alfred Emery Van Petten, Jr.
Ralph Taft Van Petten
Reed Van Petten
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Charles Dale Van Patten
Clayton F. Van Patten
Deline Christopher Van Patten
Edward Melville Van Patten
Emerson John Van Patten
Fred Edward Van Patten
Forrest LaMoyne Van Patten
Gail R. Van Patten KIA
George Harold Van Patten
Harold James Van Patten, Jr.
Horace Western Van Patten POW
Irvin B. Van Patten
John Henry Van Patten
Kenneth Ernest Van Patten
Leon R. Van Patten
Leonard Gale Van Patten
Perry Herbert Van Patten Died
Richard Joseph Van Patten
Vernon Neil Van Patten
Willard Glenn Van Patten Died
William Lee Van Patten
George Duncan Van Patter KIA
Alfred Emery Van Petten, Jr.
Ralph Taft Van Petten
Reed Van Petten
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Carl M. Van Patten: B: 03JAN1923 - Buhl, Twin Falls Co., Idaho; D:
11JUL2002 - Napa, Napa Co., California; U.S. Army Air Corps; Enlisted:
17SEP1943; Served in Okinawa.
Charles Dale Van Patten: B: 02DEC1923 - Pangburn, White Co., Arkansas;
D: 11JUL2011 - Searcy, White Co., Arkansas; U.S. Army, he was in Europe
on both VE Day and VJ Day. Charles was a decorated Combat Medic,
awarded the Bronze Star. (brother to Irvin B. Van Patten and Leon R. Van
Patten of this record)
Clayton F. Van Patten: B. 17MAR1918 - Sharon, Schoharie Co., New York;
D: 27DEC2002 - Sharon, Schoharie Co., New York; U.S. Army; Enlisted:
24JUL1941.
Deline Christopher Van Patten: B: 06OCT1917 - Canajoharie, Montgomery
Co., New York; D: 28OCT1984 - Palatine, Montgomery Co., New York; U.S.
Army; Enlisted: 28DEC1942; Corporal; Light Tank Driver, Co B, 824th Tank
Destroyer Battalion.
Edward Melville Van Patten: B: 08NOV1927 - Rotterdam, Schenectady Co.,
New York; D: 26SEP1967 - Schenectady, Schenectady Co., New York; U.S.
Marine Corps Reserves; Corporal; Pacific Theater; Wounded; Awarded the
Purple Heart. From 1954 - 1967, he was a Rotterdam Police Officer.
Emerson John Van Patten: B. 14AUG1918 - Guilderland, Albany Co., New
York; D: 15OCT2007 - Guilderland, Albany Co., New York; U.S. Army Air
Corps; Enlisted: 06APR1944; Stationed in San Francisco, California.
Fred Edward Van Patten, Jr.: B. 26OCT1921 - Lansing, Ingham Co.,
Michigan; D: 24AUYG1946 - Lansing, Ingham Co., Michigan; U.S. Army;
Enlisted: 05SEP1942.
Forrest LaMoyne Van Patten: B. 21JUN1921 - Lansing, Ingham Co.,
Michigan; D: 15JUN1969 - Howell, Livingston Co., Michigan; U.S. Army;
17AUG1944 - 13OCT1945.
Gail R. Van Patten: B: 28APR1923 - Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska; D:
08MAR1944 - Essen, Germany; U.S. Army Air Corp, Tech. Sergeant. Died in
air combat near Essen, Germany - 1944. He was buried 10FEB1950 in
Zachery Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky. Plot I
48-49; KIA.
George Harold Van Patten: B: 26AUG1922 - Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co.,
Ohio; D: 19DEC1999 - Maple Heights, Cuyaho Co., OH; U.S. Army Reserve;
Enlisted: 29JUL1942.
Harold James Van Patten, Jr.: B: 14MAR1923 - Anaheim, Orange Co.,
California; D: 29aug1997 - Yorba Linda, Orange Co., California; U.S. Marines,
Drum Major. Harold Jr. was the bugler for the San Diego Marine Corp Station
for most of WWII, until he was made Drum Major of the Drum and Bugle
Corp. His unit shipped out to Guam where he trained as a gunnery sergeant.
Three days before shipping out for the mainland assault on Japan, the A-bomb
was dropped on Hiroshima and at the end of the war, he spent another year in
Peking, China with the Occupation Forces, again as bugler. Every day he stood
in Tiannamen Square overlooking the Forbidden City, and blew calls for the
American troops.
Horace Western Van Patten: B: 21SEP1915 - Michigan; D: 25APR1971 -
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw Co., Michigan; U.S. Army; Private; Infantry; captured
by the Germans and spent the remainder of the war in a POW camp (Stalag 9B
Bad Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia 50-09) POW.
Irvin B. Van Patten, Jr.: B: 07MAT1916 - Pangburn, White Co., Arkansas;
Irvin enlisting in the National Guard prior to WWII. Irvin got out of the Guard
before they were activated for duty. He was drafted back into the Army. He
was trained to be a mechanic. He was a 1st Sergeant in the National Guard
prior to Pearl Harbor. Irvin faught in the Battle of the Bulge as a 1/2 track
driver. After the war in Europe ended, Irvin volunteered to go to the Pacific
Theater. The atomic bomb was dropped while he was en route to go to the
Pacific. (brother to Charles Dale Van Patten and Leon R. Van Patten of this
record)
John Henry Van Patten: B: 07AUG1924 - Rotterdam, Schenectady Co., New
York; D: 01FEB1967 - Rotterdam, Schenectady Co., New York; U.S. Army;
Enlisted: 16JUN1943; PFC, 71 AAA Gun BN CAC.
Kenneth Ernest Van Patten: B: 12MAR1926 - Everett, Snohomish Co.,
Washington; D: 04NOV1974 - Oxford, Worcester Co., Massachusettes;
Enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1943, served on the USS Bliss as a pharmasists
mate and corpsman in the Pacific Theater. The USS Bliss was a hospital ship
that took in many of the wounded and dead from the Pacific island battles.
Leon R. Van Patten: B: 01JUL1918 - Pangburn White Co., Arkansas; U.S.
Army; Drafted: 22MAR1945; 4040th and 4615th Quartermaster Truck
Companies; Automotive Mechanic/Combat Rifleman/Tech. 5; Pacific Theater
(Philippines). Leon was drafted late in the war but served in the Pacific Theater
as an automotive mechanic in a Quartermaster Truck Company in the
Philippines and during part of the US occupation. (brother to Charles Dale Van
Patten and Irvin B. Van Patten, Jr. of this record)
Leonard Gale Van Patten: B. 05APR1922 - Ithica, Tompkins Co., New
York; D: 07JAN2003 - Spokane, Spokane Co., Washington; U.S. Navy. He
served until 1946. Leonard saw duty in the South Atlantic and South Pacific.
He was an aviation machinist mate in heavier and lighter than air blimps.
Perry Herbert Van Patten: B. 27SEP1917 - West Cheney, Spokane Co., WA;
D: 1941 - Dayton, Mongomery Co., OHIO; U.S. Army Air Corps - Test Pilot -
Killed.
Richard Joseph Van Patten: B: 09OCT1929 - Syracuse, Onondaga Co., NY;
U.S. Marines.
Vernon Neil Van Patten: B. 31AUG1923 - Scotia, Schenectady Co., New
York; D: 22FEB2001 - Schenectady, Schenectady Co., New York; U.S. Navy.
Willard Glenn Van Patten: B. APR1913 - Grant, Iosco Co., Michigan; D:
07AUG1943 - WWII (non-battle); Sgt., U.S. Army; buried: Arlington National
Cemetery.
William Lee Van Patten: B. 1913 - Lincoln, Lancaster Co., Nebraska; D:
????; Lived: Lincoln, Lancaster Co., Nebraska - 1920; Lived: Council Bluffs,
Pottawattamie Co., IA - 1930; Lived: Denver, Denver Co., Colorado - 1949;
U.S. Army.
George Duncan Van Patter: B: 10JAN1921 - Malahide, Elgin, Ontario, CAN;
D: 08MAY1944 - Buwmwan, Bengal, India; Pilot Officer, RAF squadron 357
based near Calcutta, India. He was killed when his Liberator bomber ran out of
fuel and crashed on its return from dropping paratroopers over Burma; KIA.
Alfred Emery Van Petten, Jr.: B: 27FEB1912 - Missouri; D: 08AUG1983 -
Topeka, Shawnee Co., Kansas; U.S. Army, SSgt.
Ralph Taft Van Petten: B. 03NOV1908 - Reese, Tuscola Co., Michigan; D.
02AUG2005 - Saginaw, Saginaw Co., Michigan; U.S. Navy; 1941 - 1945 Chief
Electrician; Muster Date: 25JUN1943 aboard USS Cowpens (CVL-25); Pacific
Fleet.
Reed Van Petten: B. 19JUL1911 - Evanston, Cook Co., IL; D: 25FEB2005 -
Rehoboth Beach, Sussex Co., Deleware; U.S. Army; Enlisted: 24JUN1941;
Served in the South Pacific.
11JUL2002 - Napa, Napa Co., California; U.S. Army Air Corps; Enlisted:
17SEP1943; Served in Okinawa.
Charles Dale Van Patten: B: 02DEC1923 - Pangburn, White Co., Arkansas;
D: 11JUL2011 - Searcy, White Co., Arkansas; U.S. Army, he was in Europe
on both VE Day and VJ Day. Charles was a decorated Combat Medic,
awarded the Bronze Star. (brother to Irvin B. Van Patten and Leon R. Van
Patten of this record)
Clayton F. Van Patten: B. 17MAR1918 - Sharon, Schoharie Co., New York;
D: 27DEC2002 - Sharon, Schoharie Co., New York; U.S. Army; Enlisted:
24JUL1941.
Deline Christopher Van Patten: B: 06OCT1917 - Canajoharie, Montgomery
Co., New York; D: 28OCT1984 - Palatine, Montgomery Co., New York; U.S.
Army; Enlisted: 28DEC1942; Corporal; Light Tank Driver, Co B, 824th Tank
Destroyer Battalion.
Edward Melville Van Patten: B: 08NOV1927 - Rotterdam, Schenectady Co.,
New York; D: 26SEP1967 - Schenectady, Schenectady Co., New York; U.S.
Marine Corps Reserves; Corporal; Pacific Theater; Wounded; Awarded the
Purple Heart. From 1954 - 1967, he was a Rotterdam Police Officer.
Emerson John Van Patten: B. 14AUG1918 - Guilderland, Albany Co., New
York; D: 15OCT2007 - Guilderland, Albany Co., New York; U.S. Army Air
Corps; Enlisted: 06APR1944; Stationed in San Francisco, California.
Fred Edward Van Patten, Jr.: B. 26OCT1921 - Lansing, Ingham Co.,
Michigan; D: 24AUYG1946 - Lansing, Ingham Co., Michigan; U.S. Army;
Enlisted: 05SEP1942.
Forrest LaMoyne Van Patten: B. 21JUN1921 - Lansing, Ingham Co.,
Michigan; D: 15JUN1969 - Howell, Livingston Co., Michigan; U.S. Army;
17AUG1944 - 13OCT1945.
Gail R. Van Patten: B: 28APR1923 - Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska; D:
08MAR1944 - Essen, Germany; U.S. Army Air Corp, Tech. Sergeant. Died in
air combat near Essen, Germany - 1944. He was buried 10FEB1950 in
Zachery Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky. Plot I
48-49; KIA.
George Harold Van Patten: B: 26AUG1922 - Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co.,
Ohio; D: 19DEC1999 - Maple Heights, Cuyaho Co., OH; U.S. Army Reserve;
Enlisted: 29JUL1942.
Harold James Van Patten, Jr.: B: 14MAR1923 - Anaheim, Orange Co.,
California; D: 29aug1997 - Yorba Linda, Orange Co., California; U.S. Marines,
Drum Major. Harold Jr. was the bugler for the San Diego Marine Corp Station
for most of WWII, until he was made Drum Major of the Drum and Bugle
Corp. His unit shipped out to Guam where he trained as a gunnery sergeant.
Three days before shipping out for the mainland assault on Japan, the A-bomb
was dropped on Hiroshima and at the end of the war, he spent another year in
Peking, China with the Occupation Forces, again as bugler. Every day he stood
in Tiannamen Square overlooking the Forbidden City, and blew calls for the
American troops.
Horace Western Van Patten: B: 21SEP1915 - Michigan; D: 25APR1971 -
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw Co., Michigan; U.S. Army; Private; Infantry; captured
by the Germans and spent the remainder of the war in a POW camp (Stalag 9B
Bad Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia 50-09) POW.
Irvin B. Van Patten, Jr.: B: 07MAT1916 - Pangburn, White Co., Arkansas;
Irvin enlisting in the National Guard prior to WWII. Irvin got out of the Guard
before they were activated for duty. He was drafted back into the Army. He
was trained to be a mechanic. He was a 1st Sergeant in the National Guard
prior to Pearl Harbor. Irvin faught in the Battle of the Bulge as a 1/2 track
driver. After the war in Europe ended, Irvin volunteered to go to the Pacific
Theater. The atomic bomb was dropped while he was en route to go to the
Pacific. (brother to Charles Dale Van Patten and Leon R. Van Patten of this
record)
John Henry Van Patten: B: 07AUG1924 - Rotterdam, Schenectady Co., New
York; D: 01FEB1967 - Rotterdam, Schenectady Co., New York; U.S. Army;
Enlisted: 16JUN1943; PFC, 71 AAA Gun BN CAC.
Kenneth Ernest Van Patten: B: 12MAR1926 - Everett, Snohomish Co.,
Washington; D: 04NOV1974 - Oxford, Worcester Co., Massachusettes;
Enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1943, served on the USS Bliss as a pharmasists
mate and corpsman in the Pacific Theater. The USS Bliss was a hospital ship
that took in many of the wounded and dead from the Pacific island battles.
Leon R. Van Patten: B: 01JUL1918 - Pangburn White Co., Arkansas; U.S.
Army; Drafted: 22MAR1945; 4040th and 4615th Quartermaster Truck
Companies; Automotive Mechanic/Combat Rifleman/Tech. 5; Pacific Theater
(Philippines). Leon was drafted late in the war but served in the Pacific Theater
as an automotive mechanic in a Quartermaster Truck Company in the
Philippines and during part of the US occupation. (brother to Charles Dale Van
Patten and Irvin B. Van Patten, Jr. of this record)
Leonard Gale Van Patten: B. 05APR1922 - Ithica, Tompkins Co., New
York; D: 07JAN2003 - Spokane, Spokane Co., Washington; U.S. Navy. He
served until 1946. Leonard saw duty in the South Atlantic and South Pacific.
He was an aviation machinist mate in heavier and lighter than air blimps.
Perry Herbert Van Patten: B. 27SEP1917 - West Cheney, Spokane Co., WA;
D: 1941 - Dayton, Mongomery Co., OHIO; U.S. Army Air Corps - Test Pilot -
Killed.
Richard Joseph Van Patten: B: 09OCT1929 - Syracuse, Onondaga Co., NY;
U.S. Marines.
Vernon Neil Van Patten: B. 31AUG1923 - Scotia, Schenectady Co., New
York; D: 22FEB2001 - Schenectady, Schenectady Co., New York; U.S. Navy.
Willard Glenn Van Patten: B. APR1913 - Grant, Iosco Co., Michigan; D:
07AUG1943 - WWII (non-battle); Sgt., U.S. Army; buried: Arlington National
Cemetery.
William Lee Van Patten: B. 1913 - Lincoln, Lancaster Co., Nebraska; D:
????; Lived: Lincoln, Lancaster Co., Nebraska - 1920; Lived: Council Bluffs,
Pottawattamie Co., IA - 1930; Lived: Denver, Denver Co., Colorado - 1949;
U.S. Army.
George Duncan Van Patter: B: 10JAN1921 - Malahide, Elgin, Ontario, CAN;
D: 08MAY1944 - Buwmwan, Bengal, India; Pilot Officer, RAF squadron 357
based near Calcutta, India. He was killed when his Liberator bomber ran out of
fuel and crashed on its return from dropping paratroopers over Burma; KIA.
Alfred Emery Van Petten, Jr.: B: 27FEB1912 - Missouri; D: 08AUG1983 -
Topeka, Shawnee Co., Kansas; U.S. Army, SSgt.
Ralph Taft Van Petten: B. 03NOV1908 - Reese, Tuscola Co., Michigan; D.
02AUG2005 - Saginaw, Saginaw Co., Michigan; U.S. Navy; 1941 - 1945 Chief
Electrician; Muster Date: 25JUN1943 aboard USS Cowpens (CVL-25); Pacific
Fleet.
Reed Van Petten: B. 19JUL1911 - Evanston, Cook Co., IL; D: 25FEB2005 -
Rehoboth Beach, Sussex Co., Deleware; U.S. Army; Enlisted: 24JUN1941;
Served in the South Pacific.
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