Private Paul Everette Patterson
US Army WWII
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment
3rd Battalion, Company G
ASN 14178685, KIA 14 June 1944
Paul was a parachutist, and was killed in action during the initial D-Day invasion of Normandy in France. He was flying in one of thirty-six C-47 aircraft on the combat Mission 'Boston' with the 82nd Airborne, 61st Air Transport Troop Carrier Group that left from Barkston Heath Airfield UK, Series 25 Flight Plan in formation, having a Drop Zone T, near the vicinity of the village of Amfreville, FRANCE; Paul’s jump release time was at 0238 Hours. Several days later, his Company was moving from Etienville, Francis Armée Secrete Synek along a road to the northwest. He was killed in action when hit by a mortar shell on D-Day +8, near the vicinity of La Bonneville, FRANCE. His Commanding Officer, who was with him, had been killed in action just the day before in a similar manner.
Paul Everette Patterson was born 2 November 1922 in the community of Pine Level, Greene County, Mississippi, to Emmett Nathaniel Patterson, Sr. and Lola Idell Williams Patterson.
Paul was the youngest child of seven from parents Emmett, Sr. And Lola: Rudolph Glennon, Guyton Sharp, Mabel Alice, Emmett Nathaniel, Jr., James Albert, Mary Priscilla, and Paul Everette Patterson. Henry Patterson was a half-brother, born to Emmett, Sr. and his second wife, after his mother Lola had tragically passed away while pregnant with another child on the way.
Paul graduated from Leakesville High School Class of 1941, along with his cousin, Flight Officer George Franklin Churchwell, Jr., who had also been killed in service during WWII as the Co-Pilot of a B-24 bomber. This was a very small class, consisting of only twelve young men, and among only several other young women. Paul played football on the high school football team, along with the other Leakesville Boys from his class.
Paul entered the service 15 December 1942 at Fort McClellan, Alabama, and at that time, he was residing in Mobile.
His brother, James, told that the family opted to leave Paul buried in France, rather than remove him to Mississippi.
Pvt Paul E Patterson is also memorialized via Les Fleurs De La Memoire at
http://www.lesfleursdelamemoire.com/database/coll/P/PATTERSON_PAUL.php
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PAUL E. PATTERSON KILLED
Mr. Emmitt E. Patterson, a former resident of the Pine Level community, but now making his home in Mobile, Ala., was notified last week that his son, Paul E. Patterson, a paratrooper in the U. S. army, was killed in action in the initial invasion of France.
The young soldier graduated from the local high school with the class of 1941. His many friends here are deeply grieved that this fine young man has sacrificed his life in this world strife.
---Published in the Greene County Herald (MS) 7 Jul 1944
US Army WWII
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment
3rd Battalion, Company G
ASN 14178685, KIA 14 June 1944
Paul was a parachutist, and was killed in action during the initial D-Day invasion of Normandy in France. He was flying in one of thirty-six C-47 aircraft on the combat Mission 'Boston' with the 82nd Airborne, 61st Air Transport Troop Carrier Group that left from Barkston Heath Airfield UK, Series 25 Flight Plan in formation, having a Drop Zone T, near the vicinity of the village of Amfreville, FRANCE; Paul’s jump release time was at 0238 Hours. Several days later, his Company was moving from Etienville, Francis Armée Secrete Synek along a road to the northwest. He was killed in action when hit by a mortar shell on D-Day +8, near the vicinity of La Bonneville, FRANCE. His Commanding Officer, who was with him, had been killed in action just the day before in a similar manner.
Paul Everette Patterson was born 2 November 1922 in the community of Pine Level, Greene County, Mississippi, to Emmett Nathaniel Patterson, Sr. and Lola Idell Williams Patterson.
Paul was the youngest child of seven from parents Emmett, Sr. And Lola: Rudolph Glennon, Guyton Sharp, Mabel Alice, Emmett Nathaniel, Jr., James Albert, Mary Priscilla, and Paul Everette Patterson. Henry Patterson was a half-brother, born to Emmett, Sr. and his second wife, after his mother Lola had tragically passed away while pregnant with another child on the way.
Paul graduated from Leakesville High School Class of 1941, along with his cousin, Flight Officer George Franklin Churchwell, Jr., who had also been killed in service during WWII as the Co-Pilot of a B-24 bomber. This was a very small class, consisting of only twelve young men, and among only several other young women. Paul played football on the high school football team, along with the other Leakesville Boys from his class.
Paul entered the service 15 December 1942 at Fort McClellan, Alabama, and at that time, he was residing in Mobile.
His brother, James, told that the family opted to leave Paul buried in France, rather than remove him to Mississippi.
Pvt Paul E Patterson is also memorialized via Les Fleurs De La Memoire at
http://www.lesfleursdelamemoire.com/database/coll/P/PATTERSON_PAUL.php
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PAUL E. PATTERSON KILLED
Mr. Emmitt E. Patterson, a former resident of the Pine Level community, but now making his home in Mobile, Ala., was notified last week that his son, Paul E. Patterson, a paratrooper in the U. S. army, was killed in action in the initial invasion of France.
The young soldier graduated from the local high school with the class of 1941. His many friends here are deeply grieved that this fine young man has sacrificed his life in this world strife.
---Published in the Greene County Herald (MS) 7 Jul 1944
Private Paul Everette Patterson
US Army WWII
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment
3rd Battalion, Company G
ASN 14178685, KIA 14 June 1944
Paul was a parachutist, and was killed in action during the initial D-Day invasion of Normandy in France. He was flying in one of thirty-six C-47 aircraft on the combat Mission 'Boston' with the 82nd Airborne, 61st Air Transport Troop Carrier Group that left from Barkston Heath Airfield UK, Series 25 Flight Plan in formation, having a Drop Zone T, near the vicinity of the village of Amfreville, FRANCE; Paul’s jump release time was at 0238 Hours. Several days later, his Company was moving from Etienville, Francis Armée Secrete Synek along a road to the northwest. He was killed in action when hit by a mortar shell on D-Day +8, near the vicinity of La Bonneville, FRANCE. His Commanding Officer, who was with him, had been killed in action just the day before in a similar manner.
Paul Everette Patterson was born 2 November 1922 in the community of Pine Level, Greene County, Mississippi, to Emmett Nathaniel Patterson, Sr. and Lola Idell Williams Patterson.
Paul was the youngest child of seven from parents Emmett, Sr. And Lola: Rudolph Glennon, Guyton Sharp, Mabel Alice, Emmett Nathaniel, Jr., James Albert, Mary Priscilla, and Paul Everette Patterson. Henry Patterson was a half-brother, born to Emmett, Sr. and his second wife, after his mother Lola had tragically passed away while pregnant with another child on the way.
Paul graduated from Leakesville High School Class of 1941, along with his cousin, Flight Officer George Franklin Churchwell, Jr., who had also been killed in service during WWII as the Co-Pilot of a B-24 bomber. This was a very small class, consisting of only twelve young men, and among only several other young women. Paul played football on the high school football team, along with the other Leakesville Boys from his class.
Paul entered the service 15 December 1942 at Fort McClellan, Alabama, and at that time, he was residing in Mobile.
His brother, James, told that the family opted to leave Paul buried in France, rather than remove him to Mississippi.
Pvt Paul E Patterson is also memorialized via Les Fleurs De La Memoire at
http://www.lesfleursdelamemoire.com/database/coll/P/PATTERSON_PAUL.php
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PAUL E. PATTERSON KILLED
Mr. Emmitt E. Patterson, a former resident of the Pine Level community, but now making his home in Mobile, Ala., was notified last week that his son, Paul E. Patterson, a paratrooper in the U. S. army, was killed in action in the initial invasion of France.
The young soldier graduated from the local high school with the class of 1941. His many friends here are deeply grieved that this fine young man has sacrificed his life in this world strife.
---Published in the Greene County Herald (MS) 7 Jul 1944
US Army WWII
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment
3rd Battalion, Company G
ASN 14178685, KIA 14 June 1944
Paul was a parachutist, and was killed in action during the initial D-Day invasion of Normandy in France. He was flying in one of thirty-six C-47 aircraft on the combat Mission 'Boston' with the 82nd Airborne, 61st Air Transport Troop Carrier Group that left from Barkston Heath Airfield UK, Series 25 Flight Plan in formation, having a Drop Zone T, near the vicinity of the village of Amfreville, FRANCE; Paul’s jump release time was at 0238 Hours. Several days later, his Company was moving from Etienville, Francis Armée Secrete Synek along a road to the northwest. He was killed in action when hit by a mortar shell on D-Day +8, near the vicinity of La Bonneville, FRANCE. His Commanding Officer, who was with him, had been killed in action just the day before in a similar manner.
Paul Everette Patterson was born 2 November 1922 in the community of Pine Level, Greene County, Mississippi, to Emmett Nathaniel Patterson, Sr. and Lola Idell Williams Patterson.
Paul was the youngest child of seven from parents Emmett, Sr. And Lola: Rudolph Glennon, Guyton Sharp, Mabel Alice, Emmett Nathaniel, Jr., James Albert, Mary Priscilla, and Paul Everette Patterson. Henry Patterson was a half-brother, born to Emmett, Sr. and his second wife, after his mother Lola had tragically passed away while pregnant with another child on the way.
Paul graduated from Leakesville High School Class of 1941, along with his cousin, Flight Officer George Franklin Churchwell, Jr., who had also been killed in service during WWII as the Co-Pilot of a B-24 bomber. This was a very small class, consisting of only twelve young men, and among only several other young women. Paul played football on the high school football team, along with the other Leakesville Boys from his class.
Paul entered the service 15 December 1942 at Fort McClellan, Alabama, and at that time, he was residing in Mobile.
His brother, James, told that the family opted to leave Paul buried in France, rather than remove him to Mississippi.
Pvt Paul E Patterson is also memorialized via Les Fleurs De La Memoire at
http://www.lesfleursdelamemoire.com/database/coll/P/PATTERSON_PAUL.php
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PAUL E. PATTERSON KILLED
Mr. Emmitt E. Patterson, a former resident of the Pine Level community, but now making his home in Mobile, Ala., was notified last week that his son, Paul E. Patterson, a paratrooper in the U. S. army, was killed in action in the initial invasion of France.
The young soldier graduated from the local high school with the class of 1941. His many friends here are deeply grieved that this fine young man has sacrificed his life in this world strife.
---Published in the Greene County Herald (MS) 7 Jul 1944
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