Mason Patrick, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mason Patrick

United States Army general

Date of Birth: 13-Dec-1863

Place of Birth: Lewisburg, West Virginia, United States

Date of Death: 29-Jan-1942

Profession: military officer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Mason Mathews Patrick (December 13, 1863 – January 29, 1942) was a general officer in the United States Army who led the United States Army Air Service during and after World War I and became the first Chief of the Army Air Corps when it was created on July 2, 1926.
He was born and educated in Lewisburg, West Virginia and at age 18 entered U.S.
Military Academy at West Point, where he finished second in his class behind classmate John J.
Pershing.
Early in his career, he served as Chief Engineer for the Army of Cuban Pacification and 1st U.S.
Army Engineers on the U.S.-Mexico border.
He served in France during World War I and was appointed Chief of Air Service by General Pershing in May 1918.
Under his direction the Air Service established experimental facilities at Wright Field, Ohio and San Antonio, Texas. In 1926, Patrick drafted and proposed the Air Corps Act (44 Stat.
780) to the Military Affairs Committee of the Congress.
The act created the United States Army Air Corps from the existing Air Service.
Patrick served as commander of the Air Corps until his retirement in 1927.
He died in Washington, D.C.
on January 29, 1942.