Warren H. Patterson
Warren H. Patterson.
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army
Serial: 33341687
Company A
23rd Tank Battalion
12th Armored Division
Entered the Service from: New Jersey
Died: April 22, 1945
Buried at: Plot D 977
Beverly National Cemetery
Beverly, New Jersey
Awards: Purple Heart
431 North 38th Street, Camden, New Jersey
Introduction
Staff Sergeant Warren H. Patterson was born on March 2, 1921 in Camden NJ to Mathias and Clara Patterson. The Patterson family had come to Camden after 1916, and lived at 431 North 38th Street, in the East Camden section of the city. The elder Patterson worked as a clerk in a bank. Warren Patterson was a 1939 graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School in Camden, and was attending the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania when he was drafted. He had also been working at a bank in Philadelphia, the Fidelity Philadelphia Trust Company.
Inducted into the Army in November of 1942, Warren Patterson trained at Camp Campbell KY and Camp Arthur TX, and went overseas on September 20, 1944. Staff Sergeant Patterson died of wounds received in combat on April 22, 1945 near Baldern Germany.
After the war Warren Patterson was returned to the United States, and he was buried at Beverly National Cemetery in Beverly NJ on August 16, 1948. He was survived by his wife, Mrs. Florence Patterson, of Pennsauken NJ, his son William Patterson, his mother Mrs. Clara Patterson, of Palmyra NJ, and his older brother, Mathias Patterson Jr., also of Palmyra.
Woodrow Wilson High School Yearbook — January 1939
Woodrow Wilson High School Yearbook — January 1939.
23rd Tank Battalion
23rd Tank Battalion.
Funeral Services Set For Sgt. Patterson
Camden Courier-Post —
Services for S/Sgt. Warren H. Patterson, 28, will be held Monday at 10.30 a.m. in National cemetery, Beverly. He was killed in action April 22, 1945, near Baldern, Germany. He was a member of Company A, 23d Tank Battalion, 12th Armored Division.
Sergeant Patterson went into the army in November, 1942, and had basic training at Camp Campbell, Ky.; Camp Arthur, Tex., and went overseas in October, 1942.
Born in Camden, he was a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High, class of 1939, and was attending Wharton school, University of Pennsylvania, when he went into service. He was employed by the Fidelity Philadelphia Trust Co. He formerly lived at 431 North Thirty-eighth street.
Surviving are his widow, Florence; a son, William, both of Pennsauken; his mother, Mrs. Clara Patterson, Palmyra; and a brother, Mathias, Palmyra.