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George Smith Patton IV (December 24, 1923 – June 27, 2004) was a major general in the United States Army and the son of World War II General George S. Patton Jr. He served in the Korean War and the Vietnam War .
He is the youngest son of George Patton IV [1] and grandson of General George S. Patton. With Jennifer Scruby, he is the co-author of Growing Up Patton: Reflections on Heroes, History and Family Wisdom. [1] [2] Patton married Blair Emily Miller on 15 September 2018. [3]
George Smith Patton Jr. was born on 11 November 1885, [1] [2] in the Los Angeles suburb of San Gabriel, California, to George S. Patton and his wife, Ruth Wilson, the daughter of Benjamin Davis Wilson, the second mayor of Los Angeles, and Margaret Hereford, a widow from Virginia. [3]
Jean Gordon (February 4, 1915 – January 8, 1946) was an American socialite and a Red Cross worker during World War II.A niece by marriage of General George S. Patton, some writers claim she had a long affair with Patton, [2] allegedly beginning years before the war [3] and continuing behind the front lines of wartime Europe. [4]
John Mercer Patton (August 10, 1797 – October 29, 1858) was a nineteenth-century politician and lawyer from Virginia.Patton served in the United States House of Representatives representing two different Virginia Districts and was the acting governor of Virginia for twelve days in 1841.
The couple had two sons, John Knight and George Patton. George Patton has a son named George Patton Waters, Jr. who was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, attended Southern Methodist University and currently owns a real estate firm called Waters Investments. [5] The marriage lasted until her death on 24 October 1952.
George S. Patton Sr. 1852 Confederate colonel, 22nd Virginia Infantry; died in Battle of Opequon. Namesake son graduated from and grandson attended VMI. George S. Patton: 1907 U.S. Army general. Namesake grandfather and father were both VMI graduates.
Patton in 1944. Patton's speech to the Third Army was a series of speeches given by General George S. Patton to troops of the United States Third Army in 1944, before the Allied invasion of France. The speeches were intended to motivate the inexperienced Third Army for impending combat.