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Personal info

Full name
HATTON, Danny Davis
Date of birth
10 January 1923
Age
22
Place of birth
Montgomery County, Kentucky
Hometown
Hamilton County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35787622
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
H Company,
3rd Battalion,
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 15 25

Immediate family

Members
Secil O. Hatton (father)
Eula B. (Piersann) Hatton (mother)
James R. Hatton (brother)
Rachel M. Hatton (sister)
Joseph C. Hatton (brother)
Ruby P. Hatton (sister)

More information

Pfc Danny D. Hatton enlisted in Cincinnati, Ohio on 6 February 1943.

He was wounded in action in France on 14 June 1944 and in Holland on 25 September 1944.

His brother James also served in the ETO.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Carla Mans, Kathy McDermott, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.newspapers.com

Photo source: Danny van der Groen, The Cincinnati Post - 1 November 1944