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Personal info

Full name
HUTCHINSON, Leo C
Date of birth
1920
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Smith County, Kansas
Hometown
Gem County, Idaho

Military service

Service number
19015566
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
550th Airborne Infantry Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
12 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 35 10

Immediate family

Members
Ray Hutchinson (father)
Blanche (Lester) Hutchinson (mother)
Ola Verne Hutchinson (brother)
Velma M. Hutchinson (sister)
Howard C. Hutchinson (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Leo C. Hutchinson enlisted in the Regular Army at Vancouver Barracks, Washington on 23 November 1940.

He attended 1 year of High School before he enlisted. He died as a prisoner of war in Germany

Source of information:Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census, www.ww2pow.info

Photo source: Jac Engels, www.findagrave.com – Dominique Potier