Editing George S. Patton (section)

== Dates of rank ==
Patton's dates of rank were:{{sfn|The Adjutant General's Office|1944|p=719}}
{| class="wikitable"
! Insignia !! Rank !! Component !! Date
|-
|<!--second lieutenants wore no pin insignia in 1909--> ''No pin insignia for Second Lieutenants in 1909''
|[[US Second Lieutenant|Second Lieutenant]] || [[Regular Army (United States)|Regular Army]] || 11 June 1909
|-
|[[File:US-O2 insignia.svg|13px|center]]
| &nbsp;[[US First Lieutenant|First Lieutenant]] || Regular Army || 23 May 1916
|-
|[[File:US-O3 insignia.svg|33px|center]]
| &nbsp;[[Captain (U.S. Army)|Captain]] || Regular Army || 15 May 1917
|-
|[[File:US-O4 insignia.svg|40px|center]]
| &nbsp;[[Major (United States)|Major]] || [[National Army (USA)|National Army]] || 26 January 1918
|-
|[[File:US-O5 insignia.svg|40px|center]]
| &nbsp;[[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]] || National Army || 30 March 1918
|-
|[[File:US-O6 insignia.svg|60px|center]]
| &nbsp;[[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]] || National Army || 17 October 1918
|-
|[[File:US-O3 insignia.svg|33px|center]]
| &nbsp;Reverted to permanent rank of [[Captain (U.S. Army)|Captain]] || Regular Army || 30 June 1920
|-
|[[File:US-O4 insignia.svg|40px|center]]
| &nbsp;[[Major (United States)|Major]] || Regular Army || 1 July 1920
|-
|[[File:US-O5 insignia.svg|40px|center]]
| &nbsp;[[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]] || Regular Army || 1 March 1934
|-
|[[File:US-O6 insignia.svg|60px|center]]
| &nbsp;[[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]] || Regular Army || 1 July 1938
|-
|[[File:US-O7 insignia.svg|33px|center]]
| &nbsp;[[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]] || [[Army of the United States]] || 2 October 1940
|-
|[[File:US-O8 insignia.svg|66px|center]]
| &nbsp;[[Major general (United States)|Major General]] || Army of the United States || 4 April 1941
|-
|[[File:US-O9 insignia.svg|100px|center]]
| &nbsp;[[Lieutenant general (United States)|Lieutenant General]] || Army of the United States || 12 March 1943
|-
|[[File:US-O7 insignia.svg|33px|center]]
| &nbsp;[[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]] || Regular Army || 16 August 1944{{efn|name=RANKONE|Official date of rank of 1 September 1943}}
|-
|[[File:US-O8 insignia.svg|66px|center]]
| &nbsp;[[Major general (United States)|Major General]] || Regular Army || 16 August 1944{{efn|name=RANKTWO|Official date of rank of 2 September 1943}}
|-
|[[File:US-O10 insignia.svg|133px|center]]
| &nbsp;[[General (United States)|General]] || Army of the United States || 14 April 1945
|}