Kathan, Arthur Warner, Jr., Cpl

Deceased

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Service Details

Last Rank
Corporal

Last Primary MOS
050-Carpenter (Engr)

Last MOSGroup
WWII SSN/MOS

Primary Unit
1944-1946, 050, 1st Marine Division

Service Years
1942 - 1946

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Connecticut

Year of Birth
1923

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Contact Info

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

Official Badges

US Marine Corps Honorable Discharge (Original)

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1978, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW), Post 591, Major Raoul Lufbery Post (Member) (Wallingford, Connecticut)

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

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.

Other Comments:

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.

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