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Personal info

Full name
BUTTS, Bernard William
Date of birth
25 November 1922
Age
21
Place of birth
Berkeley County, West Virginia
Hometown
Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
13136611
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 September 1944
Place of death
Near Wallendorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 8 28

Immediate family

Members
William J. Butts (father)
Ethel V. Butts (mother)
Edna A. Butts (sister)
Leo R. Butts (brother)
Fred E. Butts (brother)
Thelma M. Butts (sister)
Kathleen J. Butts (sister)
Charles J. Butts (brother)
Pearl Butts (sister)

More information

Pfc Bernard W. Butts volunteered for the Army of the United States in Baltimore, Maryland on 10 November 1942.

Pfc Butts was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Fosse, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch,www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / United States World War II Army Enlistment Records 1938-1946, www.ibiblio.org,  http://army.togetherweserved.com, Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com