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Personal info

Full name
RATTAY, Joseph Anthony
Date of birth
27 December 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33922313
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 February 1945
Place of death
Colmar, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 23 22

Immediate family

Members
John J. Rattay (father)
Anna Rattay (mother)
August Rattay (brother)
Frank Rattay (brother)
John Rattay (brother)
Alphons Rattay (brother)
Eva Rattay (sister)
Anna M. Rattay (sister)
Edward A. Rattay (brother)
Raphael Rattay (brother)

More information

Pvt Joseph A. Rattay attended high school for three years before he enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on 12 July 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy