Otis R. Cather

Otis Robert Cather

Company A 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 06/08/1944

Otis Robert Cather was born in Toledo, Cumberland County, Illinois on October 2, 1923.

In the records of the 22nd Infantry his home town was listed as Toledo, Illinois.

His Army serial number indicates he was drafted into the Army.

The application for his grave marker indicates he entered the Army on March 3, 1943.

Private Cather was killed in action during 1st Battalion's attack
against the German artillery battery at Crisbecq, France, on June 8, 1944.

Newspaper clipping announcing the funeral of Otis R. Cather

From the Journal Gazette, Matton, Illinois August 2, 1948
as posted by DR on the Find A Grave website

Otis R. Cather was buried in the temporary U.S. Military Cemetery
Sainte Mere-Eglise #2 at Carentan, France and in 1948 his remains
were returned to the United States where he was reinterred in Illinois.

Burial:
Toledo Memorial Park Cemetery
Toledo
Cumberland County
Illinois, USA

Grave marker for Otis R. Cather

Photo by Cynthia Rice from the Find A Grave website

Top phopto of Otis Cather by Betty Cather Crow from the Find A Grave website

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