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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
* This soldier has been accounted for. A rosette has been placed next to his name.
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 was a member of the Onandaga Nation living on the Allegany Reservation of the Seneca Nation.He enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 9 January 1943. He worked on the Erie railroad as a laborer.
He was taken prisoner and died as Stalag IV-B of gastritis.
His remains were recovered and he was buried at his final resting place at the Hillside Haven Cemetery, Cattaraugus County, New York in 1956.
His brother, Pvt Kenneth Fatty, was killed on 6 June 1944 during the D-Day invasion of Normandy.
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