Patridge, Virgil Raymond

1927 - Bef 1994  (< 67 years)

• Name	Patridge, Virgil Raymond
  Birth	1927	Illinois   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	PATR.V001
  Military Service	World War II, Seaman Second Class, United States Navy  [3]
  	Entered active service on January 4, 1944. Completed boot camp at Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Illinois. Served at or aboard, in turn, the Carrier Aircraft Service Unit 21, the Pacific Landing Craft School, The Haskell-Class Attack Transport USS Lavaca APA-180, the Landing Ship, Tank USS LST 626, and the Bayfield-Class Attack Transport USS Dade APA-99. Honorably discharged as a Seaman Second Class on February 2, 1946 at the Naval Personnel Separation Center, Great Lakes, Illinois. Earned the American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, and the Philippines Liberation Medal. This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission. Source: https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=2282107
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007 On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. …
  		USS Dade (APA-99), United States Navy
  		Military Service Ribbons, Patridge, Virgil Raymond Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
  		World War II Honoree, Patridge, Virgil Raymond
  		USS Lavaca (APA-180), United States Navy
  		American Campaign Medal, United States Military
  		American Campaign Medal, United States
  		Apprentice Seaman (AS), United States Navy, World War II The piping for this rating was worn on the right shoulder Source: https://www.uniform-reference.net/insignia/insignia_index.html
  		Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		Apprentice Seaman (AS), US Navy, WWII, (Piping) The piping for this rating was worn on the right shoulder Source: https://www.uniform-reference.net/insignia/insignia_index.html
  		List of Hull Classifications, United States Navy
  		Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		Naval Station Great Lakes, North Chicago, Illinois
  		Philippine Liberation Medal, Republic of the Philippines
  		Philippine Liberation Medal, Republic of the Philippines
  		United States Navy
  		United States Navy
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		United States Navy Enlisted Rates
  		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  Death	Bef 7 Mar 1994  [4]
  Burial	Unknown
  Person ID	I17867	Carl Wayne Gray Research | Luke - Fuller Thomas Luke and Drusella Cossal Fuller Descendants, Luke - Harrington William David Luke and Barbara Harrington Descendants, Patridge - Travis Frank Patridge and Florence Anna Travis Descendants
  Last Modified	21 May 2023

  
  

  Father	Patridge, Oran Milo 'Cab',   b. 1904, Illinois d. 25 Dec 1967 (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Wilson, Viola Pearl,   b. 15 Dec 1906, Clay County, Illinois d. 7 Mar 1994, Richland County Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	Y  [1, 2, 4, 5]
  Family ID	F1198	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1927 - Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

  
  

• Sources

  [S171] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Illinois, (District 13-4) (Township), image 25, page 13a, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00087?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.as) (Reliability: 3). [S51] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, (District 0003) (Village), image 10, page 5b, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/6224/4584337_00604?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fd), none. (Reliability: 2). [S4355] World War II Honoree, Virgil Raymond Patridge, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=2282107), none. (Reliability: 2). [S334] Obituary, Williamson, Viola, 88, none. (Reliability: 2). [S500] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Tolliver, John Edgar, 66, none. (Reliability: 2).