Albert M. Klatte enlisted in the Army at Los Angeles, CA on 21 November 1942.

In 1943 Pvt Klatte was assigned to Hq 2nd, 508TH PIR.  On 11 September 1944 he was hospitalized in the 184th General Hospital, Mansfield, England where he remained until 28 September, nine days after the regiment had made its jump into Holland.

Initially released to Service Company for light duty he was transferred back to Hq 2nd on 7 December 1944.

Pfc Klatte was discharged at the separation center Camp McCoy, WI on 27 December 1945.

His military decorations include the Bronze Service Arrowhead device awarded for participation in the Normandy assault.

[courtesy of Glenn Klatte]

Grave marker for Albert M. Klatte in the  Loving Kindness plot, Lot 7716, Space 1 of the Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills), Los Angeles (Los Angeles county), California.