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Personal info

Full name
HUTTON, James Mercer Jr
Date of birth
1 June 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
New Jersey
Hometown
Delaware County, New York

Military service

Service number
34795336
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 September 1944
Place of death
Villoncourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 24 45

Immediate family

Members
James M. Hutton (father)
Florence E. Hutton (wife)

More information

Pvt James M. Hutton attended high school for 2 years before he enlisted in Camp Blanding, Florida, on 30 October 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Saint-Juan, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy