John McPhee Cate
Graduating
Class of 1939
Served in
World War II
Lieutenant
John McPhee Cate
Army
162nd Infantry Regiment
41st Infantry Division
Hometown
Ashland, WI
Date of Birth
Location of Death
Papua New Guinea
Date of Death
Location of Burial
Mount Hope Cemetery, Glidden, WI
More About Lieutenant Cate
John McPhee Cate enlisted into the US Army on Sept. 3, 1942, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was selected for officer training and commissioned a 2nd lieutenant. He was assigned to Company B, 162nd Infantry Regiment, 41st Infantry Division and fought in the Pacific Theater. He was wounded twice in June 1944. Once by small arms fire and once by enemy artillery. Lieutenant Cate was killed by small arms fire while fighting in New Guinea on Sept. 10, 1944. He is buried at Mount Hope Cemetery in Ashland, Wisconsin.