World War II Honoree

Herbert Edwin Hathaway

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Schenectady, New York

Honored By

Robert, Patricia &Beth

Relationship

Children

POW IN WAR WORLD II IN GERMANY FROM 11/28/1944 TILL 05/23/1945. CO C 317 INF 80TH DIVISION. WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION NOVEMBER 28, 1944 GERMANY. GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, PURPLE HEART, AMERICAN THEATER SERVICE RIBBON, EUROPEAN AFRICAN MIDDLE EASTERN SERVICE RIBBON, WAR WORLD II VICTORY RIBBON. HIS POW CAMP INFORMATION IS LISTED AS, 'STALAG 12A TO 9B LIMBURG AN DER LAHN HESSEN-NASSAU, PRUSSIA 50-08'. (IT NOTES THE '50-08' IS LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE OF THE CAMP.) HE IS BELIEVED TO BE ONE OF THE 1000 PRIVATES THAT WERE SENT INTO STALAG IX B IN LATE FEBRUARY AFTER A FIVE-DAY MARCH FROM STALAG XII AT LIMBURG.