African American, Company E, Alaska Highway. Born: 13 October 1916, North Carolina. Died: 30 November 1988, Salisbury, NC. Enlisted: 11 Aug 1941 at Baltimore, MD and discharged 4 January 1945.
Education: two years college. Civil Occupation: construction, porter at Gas and Electric Company. His father was Tom Patterson, a laborer, and his mother was Henrietta, a laundress.
Serial #33065636