Lloyd Cattell

ASN:35044011

Lloyd Wilson Cattell registered for the draft on October 16, 1940. Born October 19, 1918, he was from LaGrange, Indiana. This twenty-one-year-old was 6-3, 152 pounds with a light complexion, blue eyes, and blond hair. Identifying marks were a scar on the inside of his right knee and a scar on his right hip. 

Enlisted in the Army on March 19, 1942, Private Cattell received his training at Fort Bragg, North Carolina and later assigned to A-Battery, 319th Field Artillery Group, 82nd Airborne Division.

Along with fellow Glidermen of the 319th, Private Cattell sailed to North Africa on the SS Santa Rosa arriving in May 1943. Later promoted in rank to Private First Class, he fought in seven (7) battles and campaigns; Sicilian, Naples-Foggia, Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe.  

While stationed in North Africa and Italy, the photos below depict Private Cattell and other 319th enlisted men.

Lloyd Cattell also appeared in the A-Battery group photo taken June 20, 1945, in Epinal, France.

Photos courtesy of Joesph Covais, author of BATTERY.

Company Morning Reports

Company Morning Reports were produced every morning by the individual Army units to record personnel matters. The following events were reported: 

January 12, 1944, PVT Cattell was listed as being on furlough for 7 days departing at 1000 hours. He is again listed in the morning reports as being on furlough to Birmingham, England on July 18, 1944 and returning on July 23, 1944, reporting for duty at 2200 hours at Manchester, England. 

PVT Cattell entered sick quarters on August 27, 1944, for a non-battle casualty and reported back to duty on September 2, 1944, at 1030 hours. 

On November 3, 1944, PVT Cattell was promoted to Private First Class with the effective date of promotion being October 15, 1994, with his duty of lineman repair, telephone and telegraph (Duty 238). 

PFC Cattell was then again promoted to Corporal on November 16, 1944, effective October 26, 1944, as radio operator. (Duty 177)

The Adjusted Service Rating Score (ASR) was a system the US. Army used at the end of the war to determine when soldiers were eligible for discharge. CPL Cattell was one of many “High Point” soldiers with a score over 85 points who returned to the USA arriving in Boston, Massachusetts on September 14, 1945.

While stationed in France and Germany, April - June 1945, the following photos were taken of CPL Cattell and fellow A-Battery soldiers. Courtesy of Joesph Covais, author of BATTERY.

CPL Lloyd Cattell was awarded 6 Bronze Battle Stars, Bronze Arrowhead, Good Conduct Medal, the Belgian Fourragere, Presidential Unit Citation Badge, Victory Ribbon and the European-African-Middle Eastern Theatre Ribbon. 

Lloyd W. Cattell, 47, died November 30, 1965. God Bless this hero.