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Personal info

Full name
LATHROP, Robert T
Date of birth
16 December 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey
Hometown
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42088700
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
345th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 January 1945
Place of death
Saint-Hubert, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 3 13

Immediate family

Members
George E. Lathrop (father)
Esther M. (Nichols) Lathrop (mother)
Dorothy C. Lathrop (sister)
Mary E. Lathrop (sister)
Esther L. Lathrop (sister)
Anna M. Lathrop (sister)

More information

Pfc Robert T. Lathrop graduated from Snyder High School in January 1944.

He enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 15 March 1944 and was sent overseas in October 1944.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Kendall Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census, http://87thinfantrydivision.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Jersey Journal 3 February 1945 - courtesy of John McParland