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Personal info

Full name
CHATTIN, Robert
Date of birth
10 July 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33368182
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Atton, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 15 23

Immediate family

Members
John Chattin (father)
Eva S. Chattin (mother)
Dorothy M. Chattin (sister)
Blanche Chattin (sister)
Paul Chattin (brother)
Harry Chattin (brother)
Elsie Chattin (sister)
Earl T. Chattin (brother)
John Chattin (brother)
Eugene Chattin (brother)
Thomas Chattin (brother)
Edward Chattin (brother)

More information

Pfc Robert Chattin was a truck driver before he enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 28 September 1942.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Pottsville Republican - 3 October 1944