Dejuan Patterson of Chicago was promoted to sergeant in the Illinois Army National Guard just prior to deploying to Europe with the Chicago-based 1863rd Financial Management Support Detachment.
240105-Z-MA895-2023.JPG Photo By: Cpl. Justin Malone

Chicago, IL - Command Sgt. Maj. Phillip Barber, state command sergeant major for the Illinois National Guard, congratulated and gave words of encouragement to the newly promoted Sgt. Dejuan Patterson, a military pay chief with the Chicago-based 1863rd Financial Management Support Detachment. Patterson was promoted to sergeant during the unit’s mobilization ceremony at the Northwest Armory in Chicago Jan. 5.


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