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Marine Cpl Arthur Warner Kathan, Jr..
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Home Town Meriden, New Haven Co, CT
Last Address 1900 N. Broad St., Meriden, New Haven Co, CT
Date of Passing Feb 06, 1999
Wall/Plot Coordinates Prospect Town Cemetery, New Haven County, CT
HE SERVED AS AN ENGINEER WITH THE FIRST MARINE DIVISION IN PELELIU FROM SEPTEMBER 15 TO 28, 1944 AND OKINAWA FROM APRIL 4, 1945 TO JULY 2, 1945.
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Arthur W. Kathan Jr.
MERIDEN - Arthur Warner Kathan Jr., 76, of 1900 N. Broad St., diedSaturday, Feb. 6, 1999, at Yale New Haven Hospital.
Mr. Kathan was bornJan. 18, 1923, in New Haven, son of the late Arthur Warner and Madeline (Lapointe) Kathan. He worked as a welder for Cuno Engineering in Meriden until he retired and also taught welding at Goodwin Technical School. He was Marine veteran of World Was II, serving in Guadalcanal, and was a member of VFW Post 591 in Wallingford. He was a member of Prospect Congregational Church and the ConnecticutTriumph Registry. For many years he played in a country western band.
He leaves a son, Glenn Kathan of Oklahoma; two daughters, Madeline Kathan Laviana of Waterbury and Patrice Kathan Gromen of Meriden; two half brothers, Boardman Kathan and Charles Kathan of Prospect; a sister, Dorothy Small Charon of Texas ; and a half sister, Priscilla Kathan of New Haven; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday from Buckmiller Brothers Funeral Home, 26 Waterbury Road, Route 69, to Prospect Congregational Church for services at 11. Burialwill be in Prospect Cemetery at the family's convenience. Calling hours are 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Contributions in his memory may be made to the Kidney Foundation of Connecticut, 920 Farmington Ave, West Hartford, CT 06107.
Description Operation Beleaguer was a major United States military operation that took place in northeastern China's Hopeh and Shantung Provinces between 1945 and 1949. The main objectives of the operation were the repatriation of more than 600,000 Japanese and Koreans, who remained in China after the end of World War II, and the protection of American lives and property. During the course of nearly four years, American forces engaged in several small battles with the Communists, and they were successful in repatriating and evacuating thousands of foreign nationals. The United States government also attempted to mediate a peace treaty with the opposing Nationalist and Communist forces, but the effort was unsuccessful.
COL Anthony MacDonald
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Marine Cpl Arthur Warner Kathan, Jr..
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