Hathaway, Alevin A.
Army Private

Alevin A. Hathaway from Vermont, Chittenden county.

Service era: World War II
Military history: Company E, 2nd Battalion, 109th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division

Date of death: Tuesday, November 6, 1945
Death details: On January 14, 2021, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Private Alevin A. Hathaway, missing from World War II. Private Hathaway joined the U.S. Army from Vermont and was a member of Company E, 109th Infantry Regiment. On November 6, 1944, he was reported missing in action following a reconnaissance patrol southwest of Hurtgen, Germany, during the Battle of Hurtgen Forest. In May of 1946, a set of remains were recovered from the Hurtgen Forest near Private Hathaway’s last known location. The remains could not be identified at the time, and were buried as unknowns at the Ardennes American Cemetery. In 2017, based on historical research and analysis, a DPAA historian noted a strong association between this unknown set of remains and Private Hathaway. The remains were exhumed and sent to the DPAA laboratory in April 2018, where they were eventually identified as those of Private Hathaway.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency