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FATTY, Victor M - Date of
birth
24 October 1922 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
Quaker Bridge, Cattaraugus County, New York -
Hometown
Quaker Bridge, Cattaraugus County, New York -
Ethnicity
Native American
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
32732478 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
71st Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star
Death
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Status
Died non-Battle - Date of
death
29 March 1945 - Place of
death
Mühlberg, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Enos P. Fatty (father)
Geneva J. (Warrior) Fatty (mother)
Gladys Fatty (sister)
Kenneth Fatty (brother)
Calvin Fatty (brother)
More information
Pvt Victor M. Fatty enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 9 January 1943. He worked on the Erie railroad as a laborer.He was taken prisoner of war and Stalag IV-B to the effects of gastritis.
He was a Native American, a member of the Onandaga Nation living on the Allegany Reservation of the Seneca Nation.
His brother, Pvt Kenneth Fatty was killed on 6 June 1944 in the D-Day invasion of Normandy while serving in the U.S. Army in France.
His remains were recovered and he buried in 1956 at his final resting place at the Hillside Haven Cemetery, Cattaraugus County, New York.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Iroquois Post 1587, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record / WWII Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com – Snows of Native Indian descent / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – Cathy J 1952, Sharon C. Fellows
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy