David Longfellow Patten, 81, of South Duxbury, a member of Gen. Douglas MacArthur's staff during World War II and retired embassy minister to Portugal, died Friday in Jordan Hospital, Plymouth, after a long illness.
Born in Westwood, he was a 1916 graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
In August 1917, he received an army commission and served in France as captain of Company F, 110th Infantry Regiment of the 28th Division during the Argonne Campaign of World War I.
Mr. Patten married Beatrice L. Allen in l9l8. She died in l943.
Upon his return to the United States, he joined Stone & Webster Engineering Corp. and was associated with Harris Forbes and Co. in Boston. He was later a founding partner and director of Whiting Weeks & Knowles.
Mr. Patten again entered military service in August 1942 as lieutenant commander in the Navy, and served on the staff of General MacArthur in the South Pacific Theater. He was aboard the USS Missouri when the surrender of the Japanese Imperial forces took place, and was later awarded the Legion of Merit by Gen. MacArthur in Manila.
Following his discharge from the Navy in l946, he was appointed chief of the Marshall Plan mission to Portugal with the embassy rank of minister.
After his retirement, he was active in many local organizations in Duxbury. He was a trustee and first executive director of the Plymouth Plantation and an advisor to the Boy's Club of Boston.
Mr. Patten was a member of the Navy League, Union Boat Club, University Club in Boston and both the Army-Navy and Chevy Chase clubs in Washington, D.C.
He leaves his wife, Dorothy (Kendall); and two brothers, Merrill Campbell Patten of Greenboro, S. C. and Roger Patten of Ellsworth, Maine.
Born in Westwood, he was a 1916 graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
In August 1917, he received an army commission and served in France as captain of Company F, 110th Infantry Regiment of the 28th Division during the Argonne Campaign of World War I.
Mr. Patten married Beatrice L. Allen in l9l8. She died in l943.
Upon his return to the United States, he joined Stone & Webster Engineering Corp. and was associated with Harris Forbes and Co. in Boston. He was later a founding partner and director of Whiting Weeks & Knowles.
Mr. Patten again entered military service in August 1942 as lieutenant commander in the Navy, and served on the staff of General MacArthur in the South Pacific Theater. He was aboard the USS Missouri when the surrender of the Japanese Imperial forces took place, and was later awarded the Legion of Merit by Gen. MacArthur in Manila.
Following his discharge from the Navy in l946, he was appointed chief of the Marshall Plan mission to Portugal with the embassy rank of minister.
After his retirement, he was active in many local organizations in Duxbury. He was a trustee and first executive director of the Plymouth Plantation and an advisor to the Boy's Club of Boston.
Mr. Patten was a member of the Navy League, Union Boat Club, University Club in Boston and both the Army-Navy and Chevy Chase clubs in Washington, D.C.
He leaves his wife, Dorothy (Kendall); and two brothers, Merrill Campbell Patten of Greenboro, S. C. and Roger Patten of Ellsworth, Maine.
David Longfellow Patten, 81, of South Duxbury, a member of Gen. Douglas MacArthur's staff during World War II and retired embassy minister to Portugal, died Friday in Jordan Hospital, Plymouth, after a long illness.
Born in Westwood, he was a 1916 graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
In August 1917, he received an army commission and served in France as captain of Company F, 110th Infantry Regiment of the 28th Division during the Argonne Campaign of World War I.
Mr. Patten married Beatrice L. Allen in l9l8. She died in l943.
Upon his return to the United States, he joined Stone & Webster Engineering Corp. and was associated with Harris Forbes and Co. in Boston. He was later a founding partner and director of Whiting Weeks & Knowles.
Mr. Patten again entered military service in August 1942 as lieutenant commander in the Navy, and served on the staff of General MacArthur in the South Pacific Theater. He was aboard the USS Missouri when the surrender of the Japanese Imperial forces took place, and was later awarded the Legion of Merit by Gen. MacArthur in Manila.
Following his discharge from the Navy in l946, he was appointed chief of the Marshall Plan mission to Portugal with the embassy rank of minister.
After his retirement, he was active in many local organizations in Duxbury. He was a trustee and first executive director of the Plymouth Plantation and an advisor to the Boy's Club of Boston.
Mr. Patten was a member of the Navy League, Union Boat Club, University Club in Boston and both the Army-Navy and Chevy Chase clubs in Washington, D.C.
He leaves his wife, Dorothy (Kendall); and two brothers, Merrill Campbell Patten of Greenboro, S. C. and Roger Patten of Ellsworth, Maine.
Born in Westwood, he was a 1916 graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
In August 1917, he received an army commission and served in France as captain of Company F, 110th Infantry Regiment of the 28th Division during the Argonne Campaign of World War I.
Mr. Patten married Beatrice L. Allen in l9l8. She died in l943.
Upon his return to the United States, he joined Stone & Webster Engineering Corp. and was associated with Harris Forbes and Co. in Boston. He was later a founding partner and director of Whiting Weeks & Knowles.
Mr. Patten again entered military service in August 1942 as lieutenant commander in the Navy, and served on the staff of General MacArthur in the South Pacific Theater. He was aboard the USS Missouri when the surrender of the Japanese Imperial forces took place, and was later awarded the Legion of Merit by Gen. MacArthur in Manila.
Following his discharge from the Navy in l946, he was appointed chief of the Marshall Plan mission to Portugal with the embassy rank of minister.
After his retirement, he was active in many local organizations in Duxbury. He was a trustee and first executive director of the Plymouth Plantation and an advisor to the Boy's Club of Boston.
Mr. Patten was a member of the Navy League, Union Boat Club, University Club in Boston and both the Army-Navy and Chevy Chase clubs in Washington, D.C.
He leaves his wife, Dorothy (Kendall); and two brothers, Merrill Campbell Patten of Greenboro, S. C. and Roger Patten of Ellsworth, Maine.
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