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Personal info

Full name
BATHE, Wayne Frederick
Date of birth
4 March 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Sullivan, Moultrie County, Illinois
Hometown
Moultrie County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36043969
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
39th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 December 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 7 53

Immediate family

Members
William J. Bathe (father)
Belle (Kinsel) Bathe (mother)
Hazel Bathe (sister)
Martha A. Bathe (sister)

More information

Sergeant Bathe worked on the family farm.

He had been wounded in action three times previously and had shortly before he was killed, rejoined his company after being released from the hospital.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com -1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.newspapers.com - The Decatur Daily Review

Photo source: Siem Voogt, www.findagrave.com - Kenneth & Cynthia Love