Patterson Cemetery District, Stanislaus County, CA 

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Names Added to Patterson Service Casualty List
Even as plans are shaped up to honor our hero dead on Memorial Day, the casualty list of Patterson Township is revised
to add two more names, bringing the total to 21 dead. One of these comes as a new tragedy as a local high school
graduate is killed in a training crash. The other is discounted somewhat by the long period he has been missing.
Death in action of the husband of a local woman; return of a prisoner of war and reports of three injuries complete a busy
week's record of the toll of war.
Phillip Noble Dies in Plane Crash Friday
Another Patterson boy was added to the toll of war Friday as Ensign Phillip Noble crashed to his death in a Hellcat
fighter plane in maneuvers near Livermore.
Awaiting assignment to a flat top at the completion of a. long training period, Noble was stationed at the Livermore
station.  Engaged in a practice dogfight with his teammates, Noble had just gone into a spin but, had worked out of it,
when suddenly he shot down again and crashed..
He was rated as an expert flyer by his comrades, who said that he was a hard one to beat in dog fighting maneuvers, and
the exact cause of the crash was undetermined.
Patterson High Graduate
Noble graduated from Patterson High with the Class of 1941 and enrolled at Reed College at Portland, Oregon, until he
entered Naval training in March, 1943.
He trained at Spokane, Washington, St. Mary's College; Norman, Oklahoma,  Corpus Christi, Texas, Jacksonville,
Florida, and Fallon, Nevada.
He was the son of Mrs. Wilna Eggleston, now residing at Turlock, and Paul Noble, Sr., of Portland, Oregon.  He is also
survived by one brother, Ensign Paul Noble, Jr., who was recently commissioned as a Naval deck officer at Columbia
University.  Paul had just returned to Miami, Florida, after being home on leave, when the fatality occurred, and he was
able to obtain another leave and fly out for the funeral.
Military Services
Military services were held at Modesto Tuesday afternoon, with officers of the Livermore Station in charge, with
Chaplain Boserman conducting the rites and a color guard and firing squad from his squadron.  A squadron of five
Hellcats flew over to pay a final saute as interment took place at Masonic Cemetery.