Staton, Albert H. Jr. (0474449)

Albert H. Staton, Jr.
Personal details
Born	1 April 1921 Atlanta, Georgia
Died	29 July 2015
Nativity	United States
Religion	Protestant
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
Arm / service	Chemical Warfare Service
ASN	0474449
Rank	First Lieutenant
Camp Ritchie	Class 22 (23 August – 21 October 1944)
Section	7B

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Albert H. Jr. Staton (1921–2015) was a Ritchie Boy (from United States; Protestant) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 22.

Biography

Ritchie Boys went on to many different career paths and did many wonderful and interesting things. Here's information about another Ritchie Boy, Albert Hammond Staton Jr. Born April 1, 1921 in Atlanta, GA, Albert was a successful international businessman who spent much of his working life in Latin America. A brilliant student, he passed the admission exam at Georgia Tech at the age of 15 but was told to wait a year because of his youth. After earning a BS in Chemical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1941, Albert served in the US Army for four years (June 1942 - March 1946), first in chemical munitions in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, then received Military Intelligence training at Camp Ritchie, Maryland, and later as an intelligence officer with the 77th Infantry Division in the Leyte. He went through the campaigns on the islands of Kerama Retto, le Shima and Okinawa. He was promoted to the rank of captain on Okinawa, where he received the Bronze Star. In 1951, Albert moved with his family to Colombia to work for Panamerican Investment Company (Panamco) a pioneering soft-drink company founded by his father. During his many years with Panamco in Colombia, Mexico and Brazil, Albert was instrumental in building it into one of the largest and best-run Coca-Cola bottling companies outside the US. One of his proudest achievements was the construction of an immense bottling plant in Jundiai, Brazil, that was at the time large enough to supply the entire city of Sao Paolo. Panamco became a public company in 1998 and was acquired by Coca-Cola FEMSA five years later. Albert will be remembered for his optimism, his wit, his multilingualism and his ability to think outside the box. He loved to tell tales of derring-do about his extraordinarily adventurous life. He was passionately interested in world affairs and up to the time of his death perused several newspapers every morning, including the NY Times and the Financial Times. RB Staton died July 29 2015 at his home in Coral Gables, FL, age 94.

Ritchie Boys went on many different career paths and did many wonderful and interesting things. Here's information about another Ritchie Boy, Albert Hammond Staton Jr. Born April 1, 1921 in Atlanta, GA, Albert was a successful international businessman who spent much of his working life in Latin America. A brilliant student, he passed the admission exam at Georgia Tech at the age of 15 but was told to wait a year because of his youth. After earning a BS in Chemical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1941, Albert served in the US Army for four years (June 1942 - March 1946), first in chemical munitions in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, then received Military Intelligence training at Camp Ritchie, Maryland, and later as an intelligence officer with the 77th Infantry Division in the Leyte. He went through the campaigns on the islands of Kerama Retto, le Shima and Okinawa. He was promoted to the rank of captain on Okinawa, where he received the Bronze Star. In 1951, Albert moved with his family to Colombia to work for Panamerican Investment Company (Panamco) a pioneering soft-drink company founded by his father. During his many years with Panamco in Colombia, Mexico and Brazil, Albert was instrumental in building it into one of the largest and best-run Coca-Cola bottling companies outside the US. One of his proudest achievements was the construction of an immense bottling plant in Jundiai, Brazil, that was at the time large enough to supply the entire city of Sao Paolo. Panamco became a public company in 1998 and was acquired by Coca-Cola FEMSA five years later. Albert will be remembered for his optimism, his wit, his multilingualism and his ability to think outside the box. He loved to tell tales of derring-do about his extraordinarily adventurous life. He was passionately interested in world affairs and up to the time of his death perused several newspapers every morning, including the NY Times and the Financial Times. RB Staton died July 29 2015 at his home in Coral Gables, FL, age 94.

Ritchie Boys went on and had many different career paths and did many wonderful and interesting things. Here's information about another Ritchie Boy, Albert Hammond Staton Jr. Born April 1, 1921 in Atlanta, GA, Albert was a successful international businessman who spent much of his working life in Latin America. A brilliant student, he passed the admission exam at Georgia Tech at the age of 15 but was told to wait a year because of his youth. After earning a BS in Chemical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1941, Albert served in the US Army for four years (June 1942 - March 1946), first in chemical munitions in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, then received Military Intelligence training at Camp Ritchie, Maryland, and later as an intelligence officer with the 77th Infantry Division in the Leyte. He went through the campaigns on the islands of Kerama Retto, le Shima and Okinawa. He was promoted to the rank of captain on Okinawa, where he received the Bronze Star. In 1951, Albert moved with his family to Colombia to work for Panamerican Investment Company (Panamco) a pioneering soft-drink company founded by his father. During his many years with Panamco in Colombia, Mexico and Brazil, Albert was instrumental in building it into one of the largest and best-run Coca-Cola bottling companies outside the US. One of his proudest achievements was the construction of an immense bottling plant in Jundiai, Brazil, that was at the time large enough to supply the entire city of Sao Paolo. Panamco became a public company in 1998 and was acquired by Coca-Cola FEMSA five years later. Albert will be remembered for his optimism, his wit, his multilingualism and his ability to think outside the box. He loved to tell tales of derring-do about his extraordinarily adventurous life. He was passionately interested in world affairs and up to the time of his death perused several newspapers every morning, including the NY Times and the Financial Times. RB Staton died July 29 2015 at his home in Coral Gables, FL, age 94.

Ritchie Boys went on and had many different career paths and did wonderful and interesting things. Here's information about another Ritchie Boy, Albert Hammond Staton Jr. Born April 1, 1921 in Atlanta, GA, Albert was a successful international businessman who spent much of his working life in Latin America. A brilliant student, he passed the admission exam at Georgia Tech at the age of 15 but was told to wait a year because of his youth. After earning a BS in Chemical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1941, Albert served in the US Army for four years (June 1942 - March 1946), first in chemical munitions in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, then received Military Intelligence training at Camp Ritchie, Maryland, and later as an intelligence officer with the 77th Infantry Division in the Leyte. He went through the campaigns on the islands of Kerama Retto, le Shima and Okinawa. He was promoted to the rank of captain on Okinawa, where he received the Bronze Star. In 1951, Albert moved with his family to Colombia to work for Panamerican Investment Company (Panamco) a pioneering soft-drink company founded by his father. During his many years with Panamco in Colombia, Mexico and Brazil, Albert was instrumental in building it into one of the largest and best-run Coca-Cola bottling companies outside the US. One of his proudest achievements was the construction of an immense bottling plant in Jundiai, Brazil, that was at the time large enough to supply the entire city of Sao Paolo. Panamco became a public company in 1998 and was acquired by Coca-Cola FEMSA five years later. Albert will be remembered for his optimism, his wit, his multilingualism and his ability to think outside the box. He loved to tell tales of derring-do about his extraordinarily adventurous life. He was passionately interested in world affairs and up to the time of his death perused several newspapers every morning, including the NY Times and the Financial Times. RB Staton died July 29 2015 at his home in Coral Gables, FL, age 94.

Research notes

• Also Class 24 JapOB
• 482T

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Technical record

Field	Imported value
Approx Age at Death	94
Class_ASN	474449
Class_Name	STATON, Albert H.
match_method	asn_exact_name_exact
row_source	both

Sources

• Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
• NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
• 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2022-10-05 (4 posts)