Union County Veterans Remembrance Committee

Permanent Veteran Record

Irwin George "Irving" Patch

BranchArmy
RankCaptain
Conflict / EraSpanish American War; World War I
Years of Service1898 – 1922
Date of Birth11/08/1877
Date of Death03/05/1966
HometownJerome, OH
AwardsSpanish-American War Medal; Cuban Pacification Medal; Philippine Insurrection Medal; WWI Victory Medal; Distinguished Marksman Gold Medal
Burial LocationRidgewood Cemetery, Wellston, Ohio
Monument PaverNo
SourceVeteran data form submitted 05/09/2007 by Irwin "George" Patch, Jr.; veteran picture obtained from Jan Dunn

Overseas service: Cuba; Philippines. School: UNKNOWN. active service from 05/05/1898 to 01/10/1922; served in Cuba from 1898-1901 and from 1906-1909; served in the Philippines from 1902-1904, and from 1916-1917; served as the only First Sergeant of Troop K, 15th Cavalry, from 04/08/1901 to 08/15/1917; George S. Patton also served in Troop K after graduating from West Point until 1915; Patch became 32nd Degree Mason with Webster Lodge, Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont, from 1905 to 1966; born in Plain City, Madison County, Ohio No DD-214 found in Union County Recorder's Office as of 14 December 2007

Printed from the UCVRC Veterans Database · Courthouse Veterans Monument