Burton D. Patrick

Burton DeWayne Patrick  (born October 11, 1935) is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Army. He is a former commander of the 101st Airborne Division. During the Vietnam War, he was Special Forces Advisor to the 42nd Vietnamese Ranger Battalion. The son of Walter and Ruby McElreath Patrick, he attended the University of North Georgia and Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania. Upon his retirement from the army in 1988, Patrick served as the city administrator of Thomson, Georgia.