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Personal info

Full name
LATHAM, William E
Date of birth
30 May 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Los Angeles County, California
Hometown
Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
O-444756
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 December 1944
Place of death
Fishbach, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 13 36

Immediate family

Members
Ezra V. Latham (father)
Mildred M. Latham (mother)

More information

1st Lt William E. Latham graduated from Alhambra High School in 1938 and the University of California in 1942 where he was a member of the R.O.T.C.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: André Koch, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census, The Ardennes by Hugh M. Cole

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, University of California at Los Angeles - 1941, Alhambra High School - 1938