Men of Patterson Township in Stanislaus County who gave their lives in the service of their country included, in World War II, Norman Allport, Joe Borges, Raymond Brown, Leonard Corbin, Frank Cox Jr., Edgar Ford, Frank Fovinci, Robert Gardner, Marvin Greer, Walter Harrelson, Carol Hedlind, Robert Hittle, Bertil Kolander, William Logan Jr., Sherman W. Long, Arthur Luce, Carl Marler, Louis Martin, J.B. McCleskey, Philip Noble, James Nixon, Fred Peterson, Lawrence Phillips, Dwight Pitzer, Kenneth Rohr, George Storch, Harold Storch, Eugene Torvend, Harold Totman, Charles Wiese, Andrew Williams, and Keith Wright; in Korea, Charles Nylund and R.A. Jackson; in Viet Nam, Charles R. Mears, Leonard Reza, Demetrius Hernandes, and Joseph A.C. Silveira; in World War I, Elijah B. Hayes; and in the War on Terror, Antonio S. Mendez.