Irving B. Patten was born on June 8, 1915. He resided in Norfolk County, Massachusetts prior to the war. He enlisted in the Army on January 7, 1941, prior to the war, in Boston, Massachusetts. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in the fabrication of textile products and also as Single, without dependents. Irving served as a Second Lieutenant and Bombardier on B-17F (#42-30126), 416th Bomber Squadron, 99th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

Irving was "Killed In Action" when his B-17F was attacked and shot down by enemy aircraft fire over Switzerland. He was temporarily buried He was temporarily buried in what was then the American Cemetery in Münsingen, Switzerland. He is now buried in the Epinal American Cemetery, Dinozé, France.

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