Funeral Mass for SGM (Retired) John L. Hatfield, Snyder, will be at 12:00 pm Thursday, May 30, 2013 in the Holy Family Catholic Church, with Rev. Philip Seeton, Pastor officiating. Sergeant Major Hatfield died Saturday, May 25, 2013 in a Lawton Hospital. A Wake service will be held at 7:00 pm Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home of Snyder Chapel. Burial with full military honors will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home of Snyder. He was born in Eastern Kentucky to John and Ruth Hatfield. He was reared in Kentucky and Tennessee and attended schools in both locations. He entered military service on January 8, 1948. He served multiple tours overseas, in Okinawa, Guam, Korea, Japan, Vietnam and one tour in Germany. He served with the 1st Cavalry Division, 2nd Infantry, 9th Infantry, 24th Infantry Division and numerous other units. He was awarded several commendations for distinguished service during his career. He retired from active military service on January 1, 1978. His final military assignment was as the Fort Sill Adjutant General Sergeant Major (Personnel). Following his retirement from the U.S. Army, he was employed by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in October of 1978 as a Section Production Manager. He was a member of the first group of local management employees hired. He and this group of management associates participated in the manufacture of the first tire produced in the then new Goodyear Tire and Rubber Plant in Lawton, OK. He retired from the company in June 1996 as an Equipment Engineer. He was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #5263, the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter #751, the Sergeants Major Association and the German American Club. He is survived by his beloved wife Annemarie, four daughters, Karen, Claudia, Joan and Linda, and was preceded in death by his son Michael. He has nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the Leah M. Fitch Cancer Center of Southwest, OK, 104 NW 31st Street, Lawton, OK 73505 or to the Holy Family Catholic Church, 1010 NW 82nd, Lawton, OK 73505.