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Wayne and William Patrick both served in WWI. Here are their military records,
taken from http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4569

Roster of the Men and Women who served in the Army or Naval Service (including the
Marine Corps) of the United States or its Allies from the State of North Dakota in the
World War, 1917-1918 Volume 3 Larkee to Rice

Name: Wayne Wallace Patrick
Army #: 4,460
Registrant: no, under age
Birth Place: Hurley, S. Dak.
Birth Date: 16 Apr 1898
Parent's Origin: of American-Irish parents
Occupation: carpenter
Comment: enlisted in Company M, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at
Beach, on Sept. 30, 1917; served in Company M, 2nd Infantry, North Dakota National
Guard (164th Ambulance Company, 116th Sanitary Train), to April 25, 1918; Medical
Detachment, 161st Infantry, to discharge. Grade: Private 1st Class, Dec. 1, 1917;
overseas from Dec. 11, 1917, to Feb. 23, 1919. Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on
March 8, 1919, as a Private 1st Class.

Name: William Hunter Patrick
Army #: 2,352,509
Registrant: no, under age
Birth Place: Hurley, S. Dak.
Birth Date: 22 Sep 1896
Parent's Origin: of American-Irish parents
Occupation: clerk
Comment: enlisted in Company K, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard, at
Bismarck, on Oct. 11, 1917; served in Company K, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National
Guard (Company K, 164th Infantry), to May 12, 1918; Company F, 163rd Infantry, to
June 4, 1918; Company E, 164th Infantry, to July 10, 1918; Headquarters Company,
163rd Infantry, to discharge. Grade: Sergeant, July 22, 1918; overseas from April 17,
1918, to Feb. 11, 1919. Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Feb. 27, 1919, as a
Sergeant.

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