Sergeant George Waldo Pattee - 203525

Rare early Dog Tags belonging to Sergeant George Waldo Pattee of the 1st Divisional Ammunition Train, Horsed Section. George originally enlisted on November 27th, 1915, although he may have enlisted as early as 1907 from earlier records I've found. But he served along the Mexican border as part of Troop K of the 12th Cavalry during 1916 and 1917. George went overseas to France on August 13th, 1917, as a Sergeant in the 1st Divisional Ammunition Train, Horsed Section. During his time in France, he would be awarded three silver stars, which would be worn after 1932 as a Silver Star with 2 oak leaf clusters. In the years after World War I he would've had 3 silver citation stars on his victory ribbon.

On June 7th, 1918, in Cantigny, France, George was awarded the Silver Star for courage and devotion to duty:

"Although seriously wounded and having four horses killed in his section he continued to assist in the delivery of infantry ammunition to the advanced dump."

He was awarded his second Silver Star on July 20th, 1918, for an act near Missy-aux-Bois.

"While under airplane bombing near Missy-aux-Bois, during the operations south of Soissons, France, although himself wounded he assisted in evacuating the wounded of his company."

A newspaper article I've found shows that his wound was a small shell fragment on the inside of his left knee. George would remain overseas until October 11th, 1919, as part of the Army of Occupation. He would be entitled to 4 overseas stripes and 2 wound stripes.

The dog tags are in great original condition, being a very early style with the square next of kin tag. They still have their original cloth string. Dog tags are some of the most personal items you can collect, and in this case is something that the soldier wore throughout his entire service, wounds & all.

The research is all digital & is not included physically. The tags and the sheet of research are what you receive.