Paterson, Adolf, 2LT

Deceased

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Last Rank
Second Lieutenant

Last Service Branch
Infantry

Last Primary MOS
1542-Infantry Unit Commander

Last MOS Group
Infantry

Primary Unit
1945-1945, HHC, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR)

Service Years
1942 - 1952

Other Languages

Spanish

Infantry

Second Lieutenant

One Service Stripe

Two Overseas Service Bars

Last Photo

Personal Details

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Home State

New Jersey

New Jersey

Year of Birth
1920

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Contact Info

Home Town Kenilworth, NJ	Last Address Manchester, NJ
Date of Passing May 14, 2020
Location of Interment Brigadier General William C. Doyle Memorial Cemetery - Wrightstown, New Jersey	Wall/Plot Coordinates Plot: KS 6224

Official Badges

101st Airborne Division

82nd Airbone Division

Infantry Shoulder Cord

Netherlands Orange Lanyard

Honorably Discharged WW II

French Fourragere

Unofficial Badges

Airborne

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	2013, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), Dept of New Jersey (Member) (Trenton, New Jersey) - Chap. Page

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

Passed away 14 May 2020 in Toms River, NJ.
Internment to be at Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veteran Cemetary in Wrightstown (Arnytown), NJ

2LT Adolf Paterson - memorial on Find A Grave

Other Comments:

-2nd Generation Owner of Charles Paterson & Sons - A Wood Floor Installation Co - Kenilworth, NJ
-65 yrs Married to former Mary Jane Andy, Plainfield, NJ (deceased 2011)
-Father of Andrea (Suhaka), Bruce, Nancy (Zingler), Janet, Judy, Charles, & Karen (Crisconi)(deceased 1999)
-Grandfather to Karen Suhaka, SSG Johathan Paterson (USAF), Nancy Paterson, Ryan Paterson, Katherine Paterson.

1945-1946, 1542, HHC, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR)

Second Lieutenant

From Month/Year October / 1945	To Month/Year January / 1946
Unit HHC Unit Page
Rank Second Lieutenant	MOS 1542-Infantry Unit Commander
Base, Fort or City Camp Shanks	State/Country New York

Patch	HHC, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) Details

	Type Airborne Infantry
	Parent Unit 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR)	Strength Company
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Apr 6, 2020

Memories For This Unit
Best Moment Marching up 5th Avenue in New York in the Victory Parade.

Yearbook

My Photos For This Unit

2LT A. Paterson

2d Battalion/505th PIR

2LT A. Paterson with sister, Edith Paterson (USWAC)

18 Members Also There at Same Time

HHC

Norton, John, LTG, (1935-1975)	IN	1542	Captain
Psaki, Jr., Nicholas, COL, (1941-1976)	IN	1542	Captain
Meyers, Francis Joseph Jr., LTC, (1941-1968)	IN	1542	First Lieutenant
Lippman, Gordon Joseph, LTC, (1943-1965)	IN	1542	Second Lieutenant
Lippman, Gordon Joseph, LTC, (1943-1965)	IN	1542	Second Lieutenant
Boswell, Henry, MAJ, (1940-1963)	IN	11B40	Staff Sergeant
Plumley, Basil, CSM, (1942-1974)	IN	745	Staff Sergeant
Steele, John Marvin, S/SGT, (1942-1946)	IN	607	Staff Sergeant
Ollum, Clarence, SGT, (1942-1945)	IN	745	Sergeant
Field, Richard, PFC, (1943-1945)	IN	745	Private First Class
Eckert, Milton, PVT, (1942-1946)	IN	745	Private
Simons, Edsel W., PVT, (1942-1946)	AD	601	Private
Gamboa, Salvador, PFC, (1946-1948)	IN		Private First Class
Vandervoort, Benjamin Hayes, LTC, (1937-1946)			Lieutenant Colonel
Sampson, Francis L., MG, (1942-1971)			Captain
Valentinelli, Albert Francis, 1LT, (1931-1945)			First Lieutenant
Russell, Kenneth, PVT			Private

E Company

Mowery, Lawrence, COL, (1939-1974)

IN

1542

First Lieutenant

G Company

Starck, Gordon, T/3, (1942-1945)	MD	409	Technician Third Grade
Starck, Gordon, T/3, (1942-1945)	MD	409	Technician Fourth Grade

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