Major, Med. Corps, 31st Div.; of Stanley County; son of the late T. A. and Sarah Katherine Hathcock. Husband of Estelle (Dunlap) Hathcock. Entered service Aug. 2, 1917, at Norwood. Sent to Ft. Oglethorpe; transferred to Camp Wheeler; then Promoted to Capt. May 23, 1918. Major Jan., 1919. On duty at Base Hospital at Camp Wheeler. Transferred to Evacuation Hospital No. 52, Ft. Oglethorpe, remained with this group until Armistice was signed. Ranking officer until discharged. Mustered out at Ft. Oglethorpe, Dec. 5, 1918. His father, T. A. Hathcock, was Captain of Confederate Home Guard in the Civil War.