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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.
The official cause of death was pulmonary edema and congestive heart failure. General George S. Patton Jr. was buried at mid-morning on December 24, 1945, in a grave dug by German prisoners of war.
Severely injured in an auto accident, he died in Germany twelve days later, on December 21, 1945. Patton's colorful image, hard-driving personality, and success as a commander were at times overshadowed by his controversial public statements.
At 5:55 p.m. on December 21, 1945, General George S. Patton, Jr. passed away in his sleep. A blood clot in his paralyzed body had worked its way to his heart, stopping it and ending the life of one of America’s greatest battlefield commanders.
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George Patton died peacefully at 1755 hours on December 21, 1945. The previous afternoon it had been necessary to give him oxygen to restore his breathing and X-rays revealed that a small pulmonary embolism had obstructed his upper right lung.
Dec 15, 2014 · World War II veteran Douglas Bazata claimed in a 1979 interview that Patton had been assassinated. In 2008, author Robert Wilcox wrote a sensational book on the circumstances surrounding the accident and later death of Patton called Target Patton: The Plot to Assassinate General George S. Patton.
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Wholly ill-suited for the administrative position, Patton was on a hunting trip when he was critically injured in a low-speed car accident. He died from his injuries on December 21, 1945. Related Questions
