Rank/Rate	Chief Machinist's Mate
Service Number	265 48 04
Birth Date	October 19, 1904
From	San Diego, California
Decorations
Submarine	USS Lagarto (SS-371)
Loss Date	December 3, 1944
Location	Panama Canal Zone
Circumstances	Died of coronary thrombosis
Remarks	Pat was born in Duhring, West Virginia.  He was buried at Corozal American Cemetery, Panama Canal Zone. According to the muster rolls of USS Lagarto and the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Pat died "of coronary thrombosis while Lagarto lay at Saboya Anchorage, off Perlas Island, Panama."

Photo courtesy of David Anderson.  Information courtesy of Leslie Gifford and Paul W. Wittmer.

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