DPAA Releases

Soldier Accounted For From World War II (Hathaway, A.)

Release No: 21-003 Jan. 22, 2021 PRINT | E-MAIL
WASHINGTON — The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Pvt. Alevin A. Hathaway, 20, killed during World War II, was accounted for Jan. 14, 2020.

In November 1944, Hathaway was assigned to Company E, 2nd Battalion, 109th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division. His unit was engaged in battle with German forces near Hürtgen, Germany, in the Hürtgen Forest, when he was killed in action on Nov. 6, though details of his loss are sparse and contradictory. Hathaway could not be recovered because of the on-going fighting, and his status was officially recorded on Nov. 7, 1945.

For additional information on the Defense Department’s mission to account for Americans who went missing while serving our country, visit the DPAA website at www.dpaa.mil, find us on social media at www.facebook.com/dodpaa or call (703) 699-1420/1193.
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Soldier Accounted For From World War II (Hathaway, A.)

Release No: 21-003 Jan. 22, 2021 PRINT | E-MAIL
WASHINGTON — The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Pvt. Alevin A. Hathaway, 20, killed during World War II, was accounted for Jan. 14, 2020.

In November 1944, Hathaway was assigned to Company E, 2nd Battalion, 109th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division. His unit was engaged in battle with German forces near Hürtgen, Germany, in the Hürtgen Forest, when he was killed in action on Nov. 6, though details of his loss are sparse and contradictory. Hathaway could not be recovered because of the on-going fighting, and his status was officially recorded on Nov. 7, 1945.

For additional information on the Defense Department’s mission to account for Americans who went missing while serving our country, visit the DPAA website at www.dpaa.mil, find us on social media at www.facebook.com/dodpaa or call (703) 699-1420/1193.

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