Ernest Carl Patchet--US Army Air Force, Burma?

Hi everybody--

I'm looking for info for a friend of mine. His grandfather was Ernest Carl Patchet, and he believes that Ernest was in the US Army Air Force and served in Burma.

DOB Jan 21, 1920 in Elwood, Indiana
DOD Dec 12, 1997 South Carolina
So Sec 317-05-2197

At the very least I'd like to track down his ASN so that I can help my buddy make a request for records through NARA. I've run him through Ancestry.com and found a few things, but not much. I do know that as of the 1940 census he was a private and stationed at Fort Clayton in the Panama Canal Zone.

I couldn't find him in the Army Serial Number database on the NARA site.

Just wondering if all you experts could run his info through whatever online databases you have access to, to give me a place to start.

Thanks!
Adam

 

Ernest C. Patchet
HILTON HEAD ISLAND -- Ernest C. Patchet, D.D.S., 77, died Dec. 12 at home.
He was a native of Elwood, Ind. He moved to Hilton Head in 1985 from Roseville, Minn. He was a 1951 graduate of the University of Minnesota. He served in the Army during World War II and the Air Force. He was a member of Ludwig Lodge No.311, AF&AM of St. Paul, Minn.
SURVIVORS: his wife, Margaret L. Patchet of Hilton Head Island; a daughter, Carol L. Hanson of Farmington, Minn.; three sons, Steven C. Patchet of St. Paul, Richard E. Patchet of Dallas, and Raymond A. Patchet, D.D.S. of Eau Claire, Wis.; two sisters, Elizabeth Fisher of Anderson, Ind., and Christene Levy of Plainwell, Mich.; and eight grandchildren.
found this bit here for a start....maybe contact some of the family?????
http://savannahnow.com/stories/121497/NWSobits121497.html

 

Thanks 693FA I appreciate the response! I found that obit online (one of the few bits I've been able to find at all). I've instructed my friend to try and ask his relatives for anything they might have, and I'll make a NARA request without the ASN. We'll just have to go from there!

Cheers,
Adam