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John Latta

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Staff Sergeant John Latta served in the U.S. Army during World War II with Company C, 345th Infantry Regiment, 87th Infantry Division, 3rd Army. A Browning Automatic Rifleman, he deployed to Europe and joined Patton's 3rd Army, where he took part in battles in the Saar Region and was later promoted to Squad Leader during the Battle of the Bulge. He was inducted on 24 March 1943 in Binghamton, New York, and honorably discharged on 16 August 1945 at Camp Butner, North Carolina.
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