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Personal info

Full name
LATHROP, Harold Vern
Date of birth
25 September 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa
Hometown
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37737163
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 December 1944
Place of death
Bütgenbach, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 44 29

Immediate family

Members
Ethel C. Lathrop (father)
Goldia S. (Scott) Lathrop (mother)
Marten Lathrop (brother)
Roy J. Lathrop (brother)
Charles R. Lathrop (brother)
Ethel G. Lathrop (sister)
Anna L. Lathrop (wife)
Kathleen F. Lathrop (daughter)
Royce L. Lathrop (son)

More information

Pfc Harold V. Lathrop was a driver for the Wichita Cab Company.
He entered the army on 17 March 1944 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He was sent overseas in September, 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1940 Census / various family trees, Iowa Birth Index

Photo source: FOHF