Marlatt Surname Obituaries, Warren County, Ohio

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Milton Marlatt (1912-1944)

MILITARY RITES FOR MORROW VET.
Rites At Vale Funeral Home Today for Pfc. Milton Marlatt

MORROW – Military services in charge of Morrow Post VFW No. 8202 will be held Thursday at 2 p. m. at Vale Funeral Home for Pfc. Milton Marlatt, who was killed in action in Germany on Sept. 14, 1944. Burial will be in Morrow Cemetery.
A graduate of Morrow high school in 1931, he entered the service November 10, 1942 and after three weeks of training at Camp Wheeler, Macon, Ga., he was sent overseas, landing in North Africa, March 18, 1943. He participated in the North African and Tunisian campaigns and his company paraded before King George VI and Gen. Mark Clark.
He was wounded in action in Sicily and in November 1943 was sent to England to teach a familiarization course in the use of the carbine rifle. Serving in Co. B, 39th Infantry, 9th Division, with its battle cry, “Anything, Anywhere Anytime for Nothing,” he landed in Normandy on D-Day plus four. On July 11, while fighting in the break through at St. Lo he was again wounded by shrapnel. Returning to action August 28, he joined his outfit in Belgium Sept. 10. He was awarded two purple hearts, infantry badge of merit, several other medals for expert marksmanship with various types of firearms.
Surviving are his parents Mr. and Mrs. John Marlatt of Cincinnati and two brothers, Charles of Dayton and Joe of Cincinnati

Source: unnamed paper dated 31 Mar 1949
Copy from the Obituary Collection at the Warren County Genealogical Society,

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