R.I.P. Staff Sgt. James R. Patton

Army Staff Sgt. James R. Patton
Died April 18, 2010 serving during Operation Iraqi Freedom

23, of Fort Benning, Ga.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Ga.; died April 18 in Tikrit, Iraq, of injuries sustained as the result of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crash.

(The following is taken from www.wltz.com of Apr. 22, 2010) A Ft. Benning Ranger dies in a helicopter crash in Iraq.

Staff Sgt. James R. Patton, 23, of Fort Benning, Ga., died April 18 in Tikrit, Iraq, of injuries sustained as the result of a helicopter crash. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Ga.

Patton was on his seventh deployment, he'd been on two to Iraq and four to Afghanistan. He enlisted in the army in July 2004.

Patton is survived by his wife Beatriz and daughter Cecilia of Columbus, Ga., and his parents Command Sgt. Maj. Gregory and Sheila Patton of Indian Mound, Tenn.; brother Cliff Edward Patton and sister Megan Sue Marie.