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Personal info

Full name
DUTTON, Robert Sanders
Date of birth
4 January 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Smyth County, Virginia
Hometown
Chilhowie, Smyth County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33657452
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Rupt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 42 5

Immediate family

Members
William H. Dutton (father)
Myrtle A. (Sheppard) Dutton (mother)
Clyde A. Dutton (brother)
Mary Lou (Sexton) Dutton (sister)
James E. Dutton (brother)
Laura M. Dutton (sister)
Ellen L. Dutton (sister)
William H. Dutton (brother)
Betty E. Dutton (sister)
Vester E. Dutton (brother)
Ollie V. Dutton (half-sister)
John L. Dutton (half-brother)
Charles C. Dutton (half-brother)
George P. Dutton (half-brother)
Lucy M. Dutton (half-sister)
Mary I. (Grinstead) Dutton (wife)
Janice E. Dutton (daughter)
Jo Ann Dutton (daughter)

More information

Pvt Robert S. Dutton enlisted in Abingdon, Virginia on 23 September 1943 and received training at Camp Wheeler, Georgia. He was sent overseas in February 1944, landing in Italy.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Headstone and Interment Record / Virginia, Marriage Records, 142ndaar-.pfd, https://36th-id.frb.io
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Ellen L. (Dutton) Stines