Horace Woodring

Horace Lynn Woodring (September 30, 1926 – November 2, 2003) was an American World War II veteran who got into a car crash near Mannheim, Germany, which fatally wounded United States General, George S. Patton.

Early life Horace was born in Morganfield, Kentucky, in 1926, to Ulis Marion Woodring (1889–1947) and Hattie Ploexina Lynn (1894–1972). Horace worked as a dairy farmer and car driver and enlisted in the Army when he was 15 years old, after he lied about being 18.

Post-war Following his discharge in 1946, Horace went back to Kentucky and married Margaret Jerelene Adamson (1929–2007) with whom he had one son, John Patton Woodring. The family moved to Michigan, and Horace sold cars until his death of heart failure in November 2003.