Ashton Gunner Lost in Action in India Area
Ashton, la. --Special: Staff Sergeant John Hatting, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hatting of Ashton, who was a tail gunner on a Liberator bomber was killed in action November 25 in the India war theater, according to a message received by the parents from the war department. Sergeant Hatting had been in the service since September 8, 1 942. He received his training at Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, Nev., and in California and was last home on August 20, 1943, after which he left from Lincoln, Neb. for service overseas. In his last letter, received by the parents Friday, he mentioned having been on raids.
A brother, Leonard, is in the service in the southwest Pacific area.
Source: Sioux City Journal, December 1, 1943
