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Regis & Lana's
Carr Family Tree
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| Name |
James Elvie PATE |
| Title |
S/SGT |
Relationship | with John Louis CARR
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| Born |
22 JUL 1910 |
Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
1920 |
Shelby County, Texas, USA |
| Image | | Transcript | | Ln | Hhold | Given | Surname | Relation | Gender | Race | BirthDate | Age | Status | BirthPlace | BirthPlace
of Father | BirthPlace
of Mother | Immigration
Year | Occupation | Veteran | Street |
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| 2 | 103 | John D | Pate | Head | Male | White | 1872 | 48 | Married | Mississippi | Mississippi | Farmer | | General Farm | | | | 3 | 103 | Modenia | Pate | Wife | Female | White | 1878 | 42 | Married | Texas | Texas | | | | | | | 4 | 103 | Otis | Pate | Son | Male | White | 1902 | 18 | Single | Texas | Texas | Farm laborer | | home Farm | | | | 5 | 103 | Artis | Pate | Son | Male | White | 1904 | 16 | Single | Texas | Texas | Farm laborer | | home Farm | | | | 6 | 103 | Norma | Pate | Daughter | Female | White | 1908 | 12 | Single | Mississippi | Texas | | | | | | | 7 | 103 | Bevir | Pate | Son | Male | White | 1910 | 10 | Single | Mississippi | Texas | | | | | | | 8 | 103 | Elva | Pate | Son | Male | White | 1912 | 8 | Single | Mississippi | Texas | | | | | | | 9 | 103 | Robert R | Pate | Son | Male | White | 1915 | 5 | Single | Mississippi | Texas | | | | | |
Transcript ID is dbid=6061&iid=4390815_01127 |
| Census |
1930 |
Shelby County, Texas, USA |
| Image | | Transcript | | Ln | Hhold | Given | Surname | Relation | Gender | Race | BirthDate | Age | Status | BirthPlace | BirthPlace
of Father | BirthPlace
of Mother | Immigration
Year | Occupation | Veteran | Street |
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| 5 | 1372 | John D | Pate | Head | Male | White | 1873 | 57 | | Mississippi | Mississippi | Mississippi | | | | | | 6 | 1372 | Decie M | Pate | Wife | Female | White | 1878 | 52 | | Texas | Texas | Alabama | | | | | | 7 | 1372 | Eloia | Pate | Son | Male | White | 1912 | 18 | | Texas | Mississippi | Texas | | | | | | 8 | 1372 | Rushining R | Pate | Son | Male | White | 1915 | 15 | | Texas | Mississippi | Texas | | | | | | 9 | 1372 | Aubry L | Pate | Son | Male | White | 1920 | 10 | | Texas | Mississippi | Texas | | | | |
Transcript ID is dbid=6224&iid=4547369_00599 |
| Residence |
Abt 1932 |
Camp San Saba, McCulloch, Texas, USA |
| The post office was discontinued after the 1930s. The population of Camp San Saba was 180 in 1925, fifty in 1939, and thirty-six in 1990 and again in 2000. |
| Enlistment |
19 MAR 1942 |
Camp Wolters, Parker, Texas, USA |
Name: James E Pate
Birth Year: 1910
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Texas
State of Residence: Texas
Enlistment Date: 19 Mar 1942
Enlistment State: Texas
Enlistment City: Camp Wolters
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: Grammar school
Civil Occupation: Farm hands, animal and livestock
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 73
Weight: 136 |
| Military Service |
19 MAR 1942 |
Camp Wolters, Parker, Texas, USA |
WWII: US Army
Company G, 2nd/358th Regiment, 90th Infantry Division
Sergeant
KIA
Beginning in the spring of 1942, the 90th Division trained at Fort Barkeley, TX, Camp Granite, CA and Fort Dix, NJ before shipping out to England in March 1944. Assuming that Staff Sergeant Pate had not be assigned from another division during the Army's rapid activation and training cycle, he would have been at each of those stations. The 90th Division went ashore on Utah Beach on 8 June.
Notes by Virgina Wilson Bailey
"James Elvie Pate was 31 years and 6 months of age when he enlisted in the Army. Date of birth, July 22, 1910. I believe that he enlisted in Nacogdoches County, Texas. He was single and had never married. His Army Serial # 38099939. He departed from from New Harbor York on 23 Mar, 1944 and arrived in England on 9 Apr. 1944. He was with CO. G 358th Inf, APO 90. He was wounded on 12 June of 1944, [hospitalized,] treated and sent back [to his unit]. He was killed August 18, 1944 near Argentan, France during a very hot fight. He was trying to help one of his men who had been shot when he was shot in the stomach. He died on the way to the hospital. He was buried in France and many years later his remains were moved back home and placed in Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Shelby County, Texas. This was his last request to his sister, my mother, Norma Lee Pate Wilson."
by Virginia Wilson Bailey, 2 Jul 2014 |
| Died |
18 AUG 1944 |
Argentan, France |
| Obituary |
Aft 18 AUG 1944 |
S-SGT. James E. Pate Killed in Action
John D. Pate, Center, Rt. 2, was notified last Wednesday that his son, S-SGT. James Elvie Pate, 33, was killed in action in France on Aug. 18. Sgt. Pate was born and reared in Shelby County, but for the past ten years had made his home in Camp San Saba, Texas. He married Miss Eloise Peak of Waskom, Texas, on March 10, 1943. He entered the service in March of 1942, and was serving with the 90th Division at the time of his death. Besides his father and his wife, he is survived by eight brothers and one sister. Two of his brothers, W.A. Pate and J.A. Pate, live here. James Elvie was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Shelby County, Texas. |
| Age |
34 years |
| Buried |
Aft 18 AUG 1944 |
Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Center, Shelby, Texas, USA |
- View memorial: 42368621.
- 15 May 2021
VFW To Observe Victory In Europe (VE) Day
Posted About Three Weeks Ago by Larry Hume
Each year the World War II Allies remember May 8th, 1945, the date when they accepted the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany. Adolf Hitler committed suicide during the Battle of Berlin so the surrender of Germany was authorized by his replacement, President of Germany Karl Donitz.
Shelby County Memorial Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8904 and the Auxiliary will hold an observance to commemorate the 76th Anniversary of VE Day on Saturday, May 8th, 2021, 10:00 a.m. at the grave site of Staff Sergeant James Elvie Pate who is buried in the Pleasant Grove Cemetery located on County Road 1470 behind the church. Sergeant Pate was killed in action on August 19, 1944 while serving with the 90th Infantry Division in France. In addition to remembering all who served in Europe a US Army Medallion in honor of Sergeant Pate will also be unveiled. His niece, Virginia Wilson Bailey along with VFW Post 8904/Auxiliary cordially invite you to attend and remember your fellow Americans who gave so much.
Questions of more information please contact Post Quartermaster Larry Hume
at chiefhume95@gmail.com or 936-332-0349.
https://cbc-radio.com/local-news-blog
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| Person ID |
I9098 |
Carr-Scott |
| Last Modified |
18 OCT 2022 |
| Father |
 John Daniel PATE
b. 3 JUL 1872, Clarke County, Mississippi, USA
d. 17 OCT 1954, Ringgold, Bienville, Louisiana, USA (Age 82 years) |
| Mother |
Dicey Modenia PEACE
b. 16 DEC 1877, Shelby County, Texas, USA
d. 01 FEB 1932, Shelby County, Texas, USA (Age 54 years) |
| Married |
28 SEP 1893 |
| Children |
12 children |
| + | 1. William Albert PATE
b. 26 MAY 1895, Nacogdoches County, Texas, USA
d. 19 FEB 1978, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA (Age 82 years) | | | 2. John Alvin PATE
b. 5 MAY 1897, Shelby County, Texas, USA
d. 10 JUN 1981, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA (Age 84 years) | | + | 3. Vernice Alta PATE
b. 11 MAR 1899, Shelby County, Texas, USA
d. 19 SEP 1981, Minden, Webster, Louisiana, USA (Age 82 years) | | | 4. Otis PATE
b. 7 MAR 1901, Shelby County, Texas, USA
d. 10 NOV 1987, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA (Age 86 years) | | + | 5. Artis PATE
b. 5 AUG 1903, Shelby County, Texas, USA
d. 29 JUN 1989, Louisiana, USA (Age 85 years) | | | 6. Auva PATE
b. 18 MAY 1905, Shelby County, Texas, USA
d. 30 NOV 1905, Shelby County, Texas, USA (Age 0 years) | | + | 7. Norma Lee PATE
b. 22 OCT 1907, Shelby County, Texas, USA
d. 17 MAR 1993, Bienville Parish, Louisiana, USA (Age 85 years) | | + | 8. Bevie Odell PATE
b. 25 JAN 1909, Shelby County, Texas, USA
d. 09 MAY 2007, Ringgold, Bienville, Louisiana, USA (Age 98 years) |  | 9. S/SGT James Elvie PATE
b. 22 JUL 1910, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA
d. 18 AUG 1944, Argentan, France (Age 34 years) | | | 10. Cealsie PATE
b. 20 OCT 1913, Shelby County, Texas, USA
d. Abt APR 1914, Shelby County, Texas, USA (Age 0 years) | | | 11. Robert Rushing PATE
b. 22 DEC 1914, Shelby County, Texas, USA
d. 25 APR 1983, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA (Age 68 years) | | 12. Luderice Aubrey PATE
b. 3 JAN 1920, Shelby County, Texas, USA
d. 13 OCT 2012, Gladewater, Gregg, Texas, USA (Age 92 years) |
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| Family ID |
F212 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Eloise PEAK
b. 22 DEC 1922, Vivian, Caddo, Louisiana, USA
d. 08 MAR 2015, Carthage, Panola, Texas, USA (Age 92 years) |
| Married |
10 MAR 1943 |
| Age at Marriage |
He was 32 years and 8 months - She was 20 years and 3 months |
| Last Modified |
25 AUG 2014 |
| Family ID |
F4931 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | Born - 22 JUL 1910 - Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA |
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 | Census - 1920 - Shelby County, Texas, USA |
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| Census - 1930 - Shelby County, Texas, USA |
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 | Residence - The post office was discontinued after the 1930s. The population of Camp San Saba was 180 in 1925, fifty in 1939, and thirty-six in 1990 and again in 2000. - Abt 1932 - Camp San Saba, McCulloch, Texas, USA |
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 | Enlistment - Name: James E Pate
Birth Year: 1910
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Texas
State of Residence: Texas
Enlistment Date: 19 Mar 1942
Enlistment State: Texas
Enlistment City: Camp Wolters
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: Grammar school
Civil Occupation: Farm hands, animal and livestock
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 73
Weight: 136 - 19 MAR 1942 - Camp Wolters, Parker, Texas, USA |
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| Military Service - WWII: US Army
Company G, 2nd/358th Regiment, 90th Infantry Division
Sergeant
KIA
Beginning in the spring of 1942, the 90th Division trained at Fort Barkeley, TX, Camp Granite, CA and Fort Dix, NJ before shipping out to England in March 1944. Assuming that Staff Sergeant Pate had not be assigned from another division during the Army's rapid activation and training cycle, he would have been at each of those stations. The 90th Division went ashore on Utah Beach on 8 June.
Notes by Virgina Wilson Bailey
"James Elvie Pate was 31 years and 6 months of age when he enlisted in the Army. Date of birth, July 22, 1910. I believe that he enlisted in Nacogdoches County, Texas. He was single and had never married. His Army Serial # 38099939. He departed from from New Harbor York on 23 Mar, 1944 and arrived in England on 9 Apr. 1944. He was with CO. G 358th Inf, APO 90. He was wounded on 12 June of 1944, [hospitalized,] treated and sent back [to his unit]. He was killed August 18, 1944 near Argentan, France during a very hot fight. He was trying to help one of his men who had been shot when he was shot in the stomach. He died on the way to the hospital. He was buried in France and many years later his remains were moved back home and placed in Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Shelby County, Texas. This was his last request to his sister, my mother, Norma Lee Pate Wilson."
by Virginia Wilson Bailey, 2 Jul 2014 - 19 MAR 1942 - Camp Wolters, Parker, Texas, USA |
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 | Died - 18 AUG 1944 - Argentan, France |
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 | Buried - Aft 18 AUG 1944 - Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Center, Shelby, Texas, USA |
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2 Photos |
 | Pate, John Daniel: 1918circa
with his son, James Elvie Pate (b July 1910, d Aug 1944) |
 | 90th Infantry Division should patch
"Originally, the red T-O stood for Texas-Oklahoma, since the division was made up almost entirely of men from those two states. Later however, men were drawn from every state in the nation, and the T-O came to represent, by common consent, “Tough ‘Ombres”."
90th Division website
Sergeant James Elvie Pate served with this unit during WWII. |
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9 Documents |
 | The Falaise Pocket Operation: 6-17 August, 1944
Staff Sergeant Pate was assigned to G Company, 2/258th Infantry. It was part of the 90th Division whose mission was to seize the town of Chambois - a critical objective as Allied forces attempted to encircle the German Army Group B - may reflects operations from 6-17 August. Staff Sergeant Pate was killed on the 19th. The Gap would not be closed for another 2 days with nearly 50,000 of Germans eventually escaping, but by then Germans casualties (dead, wounded & missing) were recorded to be between 10 and 15,000 with roughly an additional 50,000 captured. 90th Division causalities were reported to be 600 (Preparing for Modern War by General William DePuy). General Eisenhower later viewed the carnage and claimed that the scenes "could be described only by Dante."
Original uploader was WikiDon at en.wikipedia (Public Dommain)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falaise_pocket |
 | Pate, James Elvie: 1943 Texas Marriage Certificate
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 | Pate, James Elvie: 1944 Casualty Telegram
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 | Pate, James Elvie: 1944 Purple Heart
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 | Pate, James Elvie: 1942-04-01 Reception Station Fort Wolters, TX
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 | Pate, James Elvie: 1944-09-23 Report of Death
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 | The Falaise Pocket Operation map
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 | Pate, James Elvie: 2021-05-05 Shelby County Historical Society Museum & Library (Facebook)
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 | "Tell Me About My Boy"
This brochure was compiled and distributed by the Technical Information Branch of the U.S. Army Quartermaster General and later by the American Graves Registration Service. It offered guidance to the next of kin of servicemen killed during WWII on how their kin's remains would be repatriated. By convention, all service deaths overseas during the war were interred in a temporary grave - immaculately laid out. After the war the next of kin were canvased about their wishes for final burial. They had four options:
1. In a private cemetery in the United States.
2. In a private cemetery in a foreign county.
3. In a permanent United States cemetery overseas.
4. In an permanent National cemetery in the United States .
The next of kin were established methodically if the deceased was not married:
1. Surviving spouse.
2. Son, if over 21 years if the spouse had remarried.
3. Father, if no son was over 21 years.
4. Mother.
5. Eldest brother over 21 years.
6. Eldest sister over 21 years.
4. Other relatives in the (unspecified) order of their relationship.
The pamphlet is linked on this website to 37 individuals (as of 28 OCT 2022) who were documented as KIA/DOW or otherwise died overseas during WWII and whose bodies were recovered. Relatives of personnel listed as MIA were not included in the distribution nor in the procedures.
[The library staff at the University of Wisconsin (Madison) graciously rendered the full document into PDF version at my request on 18 OCT 2022.] |
| Histories |
 | Pate, James Elvie: 1944 A Tough 'Ombre
In December 1941, James Elvie Pate was a 32-year-old, single ranch hand on the Tommy Brook Ranch in west Texas and a base violin player in a local band. By April 1942 he had joined the U.S. Army and was assigned to the 90th Infantry Division – the Tough ‘Ombres. Two years later he was a married sergeant aboard a ship passing by the Statue of Liberty - bound for England and eventual participation in the landings on Utah Beach. Four days following that landing and within several miles of the beach he was wounded and sent back to England for treatment. Upon return to France he fought in the operation known as the Falaise Pocket. Just days before that battle was won, Sergeant Pate paid the ultimate sacrifice. Years later his only sister fought to have her Tough ‘Ombre returned home to Texas.
The story of Sergeant Pate's service reflects the great care Virginia (Wilson) Bailey, his niece, took to collect and retain artifacts of his service and her graciousness in sharing them with the author.
The booklet is available @ www.TheBookPatch.com and searching for "Sergeant James Elvie Pate" |
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