Garrison Origins - Stafford County, Virginia - Person Sheet
NameHerbert Wayne Patton , 5C1R
Birth19 Oct 1913, Garrisonville, Stafford County, Virginia
Death24 Jul 1945, KIA, USS Underhill, DE-682 Age: 31
MemoSeaman 1c, USNR;
Notes for Herbert Wayne Patton
USS Underhill (DE-682) was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy during World War II. Built in 1943, she served in the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and the Pacific until her sinking in a suicide attack by a Japanese Kaiten manned torpedo on 24 July 1945.