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Personal info

Full name
BUTTRAY, Harold L
Date of birth
17 November 1924
Age
19
Place of birth
Crawford, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Chester County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33679566
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 October 1944
Place of death
Verlautenheide, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 7 35

Immediate family

Members
Alonzo P. Buttray (father)
Heloise E. (Abell) Buttray (mother)
Stanley R. Buttray (brother)
Donald R. Buttray (brother)
Alfred D. Buttray (brother)
Irene E. Buttray (sister)
Ruth G. Buttray (sister)
Florence M. Buttray (sister)

More information

Pfc Harold L. Buttray enlisted in Erie, Pennsylvania on 5 May 1943. He worked in a textile factory before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Des Philippet