The Shemwell Family

LeRoy Arthur “Pat” PattersonAge: 91 years19152007

Name
LeRoy Arthur “Pat” Patterson
Given names
LeRoy Arthur
Surname
Patterson
Nickname
Pat
Birth March 28, 1915
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 9 months)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 21 months)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 2 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 14 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Birth of a daughter
#1
Donna June Patterson
May 24, 1938 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 26 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 34 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 30 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death February 10, 2007 (Age 91 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: White Chapel Memorial Gardens
Family with Gaylen Lee French - View this family
himself
LeRoy Arthur “Pat” Patterson
Birth: March 28, 1915Asbury, Jasper, Missouri, United States
Death: February 10, 2007Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States
wife
Gaylen Lee French
Birth: February 23, 1917 31 32Hinsdale, Valley, Montana, United States
Death: August 22, 2015Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States
daughter
Donna June Patterson
Birth: May 24, 1938 23 21Mill Spring, Wayne, Missouri, United States
Death: July 20, 2007Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States
daughter
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