He was killed in action on August 19, 1946 when the unarmed C-47 aircraft on which he was flying was shot down by Yugoslav fighter planes.
He is buried in a common grave in Section 2 which contains the remains of other members of the crew, Captain Richard L. Claeys, Captain Harold Farnsley Schreiber,Corporal Matthew Comko and Corporal Chester L. Lower.
Michael Robert Patterson was born in Arlington and is the son of a former officer of the US Army. So it was no wonder that sooner or later his interests drew him to American history and especially to American military history. Many of his articles can be found on renowned portals like the New York Times, Washingtonpost or Wikipedia.
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