Braathen, John William
Navy Seaman 2nd class

John William Braathen, age 19, from Mitchell County Osage, Iowa .

Parents: Carl J. Lee

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, March 1, 1942
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Houston when the ship was attacked traveling from Batavia to Java.
Cemetery: Manila American Cemetery

Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, USSHouston.org, Saint Louis Globe Democrat (1942)