Woodbury County

Cdr. William O. Rath

 

 

 

MEN IN SERVICE

Ensign William O. Rath has returned to the east coast after a leave spent at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Otto A. Rath, 2015 West street.  Ensign Rath was graduated from the midshipmen school at Columbia University, New York City, recently.  His sister, Dorothy, will report May 3 to Hunter college for training as a WAVE.

Source: The Sioux City Journal, May 2, 1943 (photo included)

William Otto Rath was born Aug. 30, 1917 to Otto A. and Alice R. Blakie Rath. He died Apr. 21, 1998 in CA.

Cdr. Rath served with the U.S. Navy in World War II.