Remembering Arthur Hathaway
Served with Rattlers & Firebirds in: 66-68
Died: 6 October 2019
Cause: Unknown
User Comments
Posted by: Robert Martin
Date: Dec 10, 2023
Comment: Wanted to follow up: Grandpa has four grandkids, all grown now, and he inspired three of us to go into the Army ourselves (very much against his advice). I served five years as an infantry medic with 1-37 Armor and 3-41 Infantry in 1AD; my brother William did four years with the Oklahoma ARNG as a motor-transport operator, and my little sister Kim is starting off her third term as a captain with 2/1AD at Fort Bliss. She’s trying to make it to the Pentagon and loves the Army even when she hates it. Fourteen years in-service so I reckon she’s a lifer. I think Grandpa Art is motivating her still- he loved hearing from her more than the rest of us.
Art didn’t just serve, he raised a whole family and set us straight when our parents didn’t. I miss him and I really wish I could still talk to him.
Posted by: Richard Rodriguez
Date: Aug 5, 2022
Comment: Art was a good friend of mine. I remember him as a very good person. We had some great and fun times together along with other friends we made, even though we we weren’t in the best of places. RIP Art.
Posted by: Robert Martin
Date: Nov 11, 2021
Comment: Grandpa died of COPD, renal failure and complications from his leg (circulatory impairment, gangrene and sepsis). He never really healed from his leg wound, and work as a postman finished off his hip and knee to the point it couldn’t be fixed. The last few years of his life were trapped in a wheelchair, and he kept getting septic. He died peacefully, but it wasn’t pretty.
I miss him a lot. He was my best grandpa.