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Personal info

Full name
HUTTER, Frank
Date of birth
22 July 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
New York City, New York
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Military service

Service number
42137691
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 January 1945
Place of death
Sector Bütgenbacher Heck – Dom Bütgenbach, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 1 40

Immediate family

Members
John Hutter (father)
Elizabeth Hutter (mother)
Marie Hutter (sister)
Lottie Hutter (sister)
Daniel Hutter (brother)
John Hutter Jr. (brother)
Henry Hutter (brother)
Katherine Hutter (sister)
Boniface Hutter (brother)
Catherine (Yunker) Hutter (wife)
Frank Hutter Jr. (son)
Louis Hutter (son)

More information

Pfc Frank Hutter attended Brooklyn Technical High School and was employed as a metalworker at Merrill Brothers Contractors.

He enlisted at Camp Upton, Yaphank, New York, on 20 June 1944 and was sent overseas in December, 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / New York Records of the State National Guard, www.bklyn.newspaper.com - Brooklyn Daily Eagle 27 March 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet