About
World War I (1914-1918)
Ambrose Edmund Patnode was born in Churubusco, New York, on May 23, 1896. By 1915, he was living in the city of Schenectady and was working for General Electric.
On May 1, 1917, Ambrose enlisted in the United States Army. He was a corporal serving with Company F, 105th Infantry Regiment, 27th Infantry Division. He was sent overseas on May 17, 1918, aboard the U.S. Army troopship USS President Grant. On September 30, 1918, he died from wounds sustained during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. He is buried in St. John the Baptist Cemetery in Schenectady, New York.
Sources: The Schenectady Gazette, Find A Grave, Ancestry