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FROM THE "PEOPLE WE WISH WE HAD KNOWN" SERIES
IN MEMORY
Dedicated to the memory of James Patterson, United States Marines. Rest in peace, an American Hero
Included among the honored dead buried at DuBois' historic Rumbarger Cemetery is
Marine Private
James J. Patterson
the first soldier from the DuBois area killed in action in WW I.
The DuBois Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 813 is named in his honor
God Bless All Our Veterans, Living and Dead
Private James J Patterson was a native of Helvetia, a son of Mr. and Mrs. William Patterson. He spent most of his life in the city of DuBois and enlisted in the Marines on July 28, 1917 at age 23. A member of a machine gun company, he was killed in action in Belleau Woods (France) on June 6, 1918. He was buried with full military honors at Rumbarger Cemetery in DuBois. At the time of his death he was just 24 years of age.
“Retreat? Hell, we just got here.” Learn about the battle of Belleau Woods ( SELECT )
FROM THE "PEOPLE WE WISH WE HAD KNOWN" SERIES
IN MEMORY
Dedicated to the memory of James Patterson, United States Marines. Rest in peace, an American Hero
Included among the honored dead buried at DuBois' historic Rumbarger Cemetery is
Marine Private
James J. Patterson
the first soldier from the DuBois area killed in action in WW I.
The DuBois Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 813 is named in his honor
God Bless All Our Veterans, Living and Dead
Private James J Patterson was a native of Helvetia, a son of Mr. and Mrs. William Patterson. He spent most of his life in the city of DuBois and enlisted in the Marines on July 28, 1917 at age 23. A member of a machine gun company, he was killed in action in Belleau Woods (France) on June 6, 1918. He was buried with full military honors at Rumbarger Cemetery in DuBois. At the time of his death he was just 24 years of age.
“Retreat? Hell, we just got here.” Learn about the battle of Belleau Woods ( SELECT )