Alexander Patch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Alexander Patch

United States Army general during World War II

Date of Birth: 23-Nov-1889

Place of Birth: Fort Huachuca, Arizona, United States

Date of Death: 21-Nov-1945

Profession: military officer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Alexander Patch

  • Alexander McCarrell Patch (November 23, 1889 – November 21, 1945) was a senior United States Army officer who fought in both World War I and World War II, rising to rank of general.
  • During World War II he commanded U.S.
  • Army and U.S.
  • Marine Corps forces during the Guadalcanal Campaign, and the U.S.
  • Seventh Army on the Western Front. With an invasion of Japan still an apparent likelihood, Patch returned to the U.S.
  • in August 1945 to take charge of the Fourth Army headquartered at the Presidio of San Francisco, California.
  • He died in November 1945 at 55, his health having been ravaged during his time in the Pacific early in the war.
  • Patch was, along with James Van Fleet and Lucian K.
  • Truscott Jr., one of the very few senior American commanders to command a division, corps and field army on active service during World War II. A lieutenant general at the time of his passing, he was posthumously promoted to four star general in July 1954.

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