Pershing Pate

  • ASN:
    18010768
  • DATE OF BIRTH
    Nov 22, 1918
  • DATE OF DEATH
    June 9, 1944
FULL NAME:

Pershing Pate

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER (ASN):

18010768

  • DATE OF BIRTH: Nov 22, 1918
  • DATE OF DEATH: June 9, 1944
RESIDENCE (DURING WWII):

Timpson, Shelby County, Texas

DATE / PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
  • DATE OF ENLISTMENT:
    Nov 21, 1940
  • PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
    Houston, Texas
ORGANIZATION:
  • MAIN UNIT:
    38th Infantry Regiment
  • SUBUNIT:
    Company L, 3rd Battalion
RANK / POSITION IN UNIT (LAST KNOWN):
  • RANK:
    Corporal (Cpl.)
  • POSITION IN UNIT:
    Rifleman
BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS:

✭ Normandy Campaign (6 June – 24 July 1944)

STATUS:
  • CATEGORY:
    Killed in action (KIA)
  • DATE:
    June 9, 1944
  • LOCATION:
    Trévières, Normandy, France
HONORED BY:

Jeff Pate, Nephew

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File Unit: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records)
in the Series: World War II Army Enlistment Records, created 6/1/2002 - 9/30/2002, documenting the period ca. 1938 - 1946. - Record Group 64 (info)

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SOLDIER RECORD:
Full Name
Pershing Pate
Army Serial Number
18010768
Enlistment Place
Houston Texas
Enlistment Date
21 Nov 1940
Army Branch
Infantry
Branch
Army
Race or Ethnicity
White
Residence
Shelby County, Texas
Source of Army Personnel
Civil Life
Army Component
Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
Level of Education
Grammar school
Occupation
Farm hands, general farms
Marital Status
Single, without dependents
Birth Date
1918
Birth Place
Texas
Source Box Number
0266
Source Film Reel Number
2.123
Conflict Period
World War II
Served for
United States of America

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