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Personal info

Full name
FLATH, John W
Date of birth
18 February 1921
Age
24
Place of birth
Michigan
Hometown
Escanaba, Delta County, Michigan
Religion
Protestant

Military service

Service number
16085355
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
53rd Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
In the Oppenheim or Hanau vicinity, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 3 29

Immediate family

Members
Louis W. Flath (father)
Anna (Krouse) Flath (mother)
Louis W. Flath (brother)
Ernest C. Flath (brother)
Walter L. Flath (brother)
Roy R. Flath (brother)
Louella M. (Larson) Flath (wife)
Joyce Ann Flath (daughter)

More information

T/5 John W. Flath graduated from the Escanaba High School in 1939

He enlisted in Marquette, Michigan on 6 August 1942.

He was married to Louellla Larson at Camp Wolters on 31 October 1942.

T/5 Flath was sent overseas on 30 May 1944.

In a letter, dated 23 March 1945, the day before he was killed, he reported that he had been promoted from corporal to staff sergeant and was soon to be replaced on the front for return to a rest camp.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Flath Family Tree / Headstone and Interment Record, AAR 53rd AIB July 44 thru May 1945, www.newspaperarchive.com - Escanaba Daily Press

Photo source: www.newspaperarchive.com - Escanaba Daily Press