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{{Short description|United States Army general (1889β1945)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}{{Use American English|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox military person | birth_name = Alexander McCarrell Patch | birth_date = {{Birth date|1889|11|23|df=y}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|1945|11|21|1889|11|23|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Fort Huachuca]], [[Arizona Territory]], United States | death_place = [[Fort Sam Houston]], [[Texas]], United States | placeofburial = [[West Point Cemetery]],<br>[[West Point, New York]], United States | placeofburial_label = | image = Alexander Patch portrait.jpg | image_size = 220 | caption = [[Lieutenant general (United States)|LTG]] Patch, new commander of [[Fourth United States Army|Fourth Army]], August 1945 | nickname = "Sandy"{{sfn|English|2009|p=163}}<ref name="Officers of the United States Army">{{cite web|url=https://www.unithistories.com/officers/US_Army_officers_P01.html#Patch_AM|title=United States Army officer histories|publisher=Unit Histories|access-date=4 July 2022}}</ref> | allegiance = {{flag|United States|1912}} | branch = {{army|United States}} | servicenumber = 0-3589 | serviceyears = 1913β1945 | rank = [[File:US-O10 insignia.svg|25px]] [[General (United States)|General]] | commands = 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, [[1st Infantry Division (United States)|1st Division]]<br />1st Battalion, [[18th Infantry Regiment (United States)|18th Infantry Regiment]]<br />[[47th Infantry Regiment (United States)|47th Infantry Regiment]]<br />[[Task Force 6814]]<br/>[[Americal Division]]<br />[[XIV Corps (United States)|XIV Corps]]<br />[[IV Corps (United States)|IV Corps]]<br />[[Seventh United States Army|Seventh Army]]<br />[[Fourth United States Army|Fourth Army]] | unit = [[File:USA - Army Infantry Insignia.png|25px]] [[Infantry Branch (United States)|Infantry Branch]] | battles = [[Pancho Villa Expedition]]<br />[[World War I]]<br />[[World War II]] | awards = [[Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)|Army Distinguished Service Medal]] (3)<br />[[Distinguished Service Medal (United States Navy)|Navy Distinguished Service Medal]]<br />[[Bronze Star Medal|Bronze Star]] | laterwork = }} '''Alexander McCarrell Patch''' (23 November 1889 β 21 November 1945) was a senior [[United States Army]] [[Officer (armed forces)|officer]] who fought in [[World war|both world wars]], rising to rank of [[General (United States)|general]]. During [[World War II]], he commanded U.S. Army and [[United States Marine Corps|Marine Corps]] forces during the [[Guadalcanal Campaign]] in the [[Pacific War|Pacific]], and the [[Seventh United States Army|Seventh Army]] on the [[Western Front (World War II)|Western Front]] in [[European theatre of World War II|Europe]]. With an invasion of Japan still an apparent likelihood, Patch returned to the U.S. in August 1945 to take charge of the [[Fourth United States Army|Fourth Army]] headquartered at [[Fort Sam Houston]], [[Texas]]. He died three months later in November 1945 at age 55,<ref name="vadvlr">{{cite news |date=22 November 1945 |title=Last rites for Gen. Patch to be held at West Point |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qANkAAAAIBAJ&pg=4101%2C1897995 |work=Victoria Advocate |location=(Texas) |page=1 |agency=Associated Press}}</ref><ref name="psucpne">{{cite news |date=22 November 1945 |title=Gen. Patch succumbs to pneumonia |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yF0zAAAAIBAJ&pg=6857%2C2322439 |work=Deseret News |location=(Salt Lake City, Utah) |page=5 |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> his health having been ravaged during his time in the Pacific early in the war. "Sandy" Patch and [[Lucian Truscott]] were the only two U.S. Army officers on active service during World War II to command a [[Division (military)|division]], [[corps]], and [[field army]]. In July 1954, he was posthumously promoted from his rank of [[Lieutenant general (United States)|lieutenant general]] to [[General (United States)|four-star general]].
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