Patton Fay

Monuments

First Division Monument - Wadelincourt

Name:

Fay Patton

Rank:

Sergeant

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Unit:

16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division

Date of Death:

1918-11-07

State:

Indiana

Cemetery:

Upper Mound Cemetery, Indiana

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Fay Patton was born on November 19, 1893. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I as a Sergeant in A Company, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. Fay Patton was the first Warren County soldier to set foot on European soil during World War I. He was killed by an enemy sniper just five days before the Armistice was signed. He is now buried in Upper Mound Cemetery, Warren County, Indiana, USA.

(Source: findagrave.com, A History of Warren County, Indiana - 175th Anniversary Edition, printed in 2002)