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Hattie Raithel

Nurse, U.S. Army · Colorado

Personnel File — Core Information

Name
Hattie Raithel
Entered the Service From
Colorado
Rank
Nurse
Service
U.S. Army
Unit / Regiment
Army Nurse Corps, Base Hospital No. 29
War
WWI
Date of Death
November 2, 1918
Burial / Memorial
Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial, Brookwood, England
Grave
Plot B, Row 3, Grave 9

Their story

Hattie M. Raithel was a U.S. Army nurse from Denver, Colorado, serving with Base Hospital No. 29 (organized at Denver's City and County Hospital) which cared for patients in the London area near the end of World War I. She died on November 2, 1918, a victim of the influenza epidemic, just days before her 33rd birthday and days before the Armistice. She was buried with full military honors at Brookwood American Cemetery in England.

Compiled from American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) and National Archives (NARA) records and public sources.

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