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Robert Carl Patterson

 
 
Robert Carl Patterson Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, April 7, 2023
1. Robert Carl Patterson Marker
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Staff Sergeant, U. S. Army - World War II
Headquarters Battery, 138th Field Artillery Battalion, 38th Infantry Division

Staff Sergeant Patterson, a Survey and Instrument Man, led men setting up and operating survey Instruments to locate buildings, tracks, drainage and water systems, and locating gun positions by calculating elevations, direction and military grid coordinate points. He and his men also determined distances by actual measurement with steel tape and instrument readings and fought in battles and campaigns in New Guinea, Luzon and Southern Philippines.

Enlisted 20 June 1942, Wilkes Barre, PA - Honorably Discharged 9 November 1948

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.
 
Location. 42° 18.599′ N, 75° 24.262′ W. Memorial is in Sidney, New York, in Delaware County. It is at the intersection of River Street and New York State Route 8, on the left when traveling east on River Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 113 River Street, Sidney NY 13838, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this
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memorial is in Upstate New York and in the Southern Tier. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Alfred Ernest Horlitz, Jr. (here, next to this marker); Richard Walton Schlafer (here, next to this marker); Herman J. Hoegger (here, next to this marker); John Latta (here, next to this marker); Dickson Family (here, next to this marker); Thomas McKay Pell (here, next to this marker); Levi Hanford Olmstead (here, next to this marker); Alfred W. Gilbertsen (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sidney.
 
Sidney Veterans Memorial Park image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, April 7, 2023
2. Sidney Veterans Memorial Park
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 20, 2024. It was originally submitted on January 15, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 117 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on January 15, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.
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