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Personal info

Full name
HUTCHESON, Charles W "Hutch"
Date of birth
27 January 1917
Age
28
Place of birth
Putnam County, Indiana
Hometown
Parke County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35144419
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
11 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 8 57

Immediate family

Members
Kenneth W. Hutcheson (father)
Cela E. (Chew) Hutcheson (mother)
John S. Bence (adoption father)
Edna Bence (adoption mother)
Courtland Hutcheson (brother)
Thelma (Haywood) Hutcheson (wife)

More information

T/5 Charles W Hutcheson graduated from Greencastle High School where he starred on the basketball team. He attened Indiana State University.service.

He enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 18 May 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemteries on Foreign Soil, http://9thinfantrydivision.net, The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 4 April 1945, Indiana Births, 1880-1920

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Greencastle High School, yearbook 1934, 1935; Indiana State University yearbook 1936, The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 5 April 1945