Missing information?
Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?
Submit- Full
name
RATHBUN, Harry Wenlin - Date of
birth
4 January 1925 -
Age
19 - Place of
birth
Burlington, Kit Carson County, Colorado -
Hometown
Bonner County, Idaho
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
39467374 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
39th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
-
Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
13 October 1944 - Place of
death
Raffelsbrand, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| C | 5 | 9 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Harry Rathbun (father)
Viola C. (McKenzie) Rathbun (mother)
Patrick Rathbun (brother)
Mary Rathbun (sister)
Lois Rathbun (sister)
Margaret Rathbun (sister)
Mark Rathbun (brother)
Charles Rathbun (brother)
More information
Pfc Harry W. Rathbun enlisted in Spokane, Washington on 16 August 1943.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Sheree Dowdle, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1910/1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://9thinfantrydivision.net
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / David Edward Carter