Burton DeWayne Patrick (born October 11, 1935) is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Army.

During the Vietnam War, he was Special Forces Advisor to the 42nd Vietnamese Ranger Battalion.

[3] Patrick graduated from North Georgia College, now part of the University of North Georgia, at which time he received his Army commission through the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC).

[4] After serving as chief of the Legislative Liaison Office of the Secretary of the Army in Washington, D.C., Patrick returned to Fort Campbell to begin his tenure as the 32nd commanding general of the 101st Airborne Division on June 18, 1985, replacing outgoing Major General James E. Thompson Jr.[3] Patrick held command on December 12, 1985 when 248 soldiers of the 101st Division and 8 air crew members died in a plane crash at Gander, Newfoundland, International Airport, one of the worst accidents in aviation.

[6] Upon his retirement from the army in 1988, Patrick served as the city administrator of Thomson, Georgia.