WOODROW DAVID PATTERSON, 26, died
on Oct. 24, 1944 during WWII when the ship
Arisan Maru, transporting Allied Prisoners
of War from the Philippines to Japan, was
sunk by the USS Shark. Burial was in Evergreen
Cemetery at Ranger, TX.
He was born on Dec 5, 1915 in Petrolia, TX
to Robert B. & Mollie Tripplet Patterson.
Woodrow attended Ranger High School in the
Class of 1933. His spouse is unknown.
Siblings were Mary Patterson, William L.
Patterson, Thelma Patterson, Charles B.
Patterson, Anne Patterson Gray (RHS-1930),
Marguerite Patterson (RHS-1932), Bettie
Patterson Ownby (RHS-1937), Robert A.
Patterson (RHS-1938), & Roy C. Patterson
(RHS-1943). All the siblings are deceased.