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Personal info

Full name
BUTTERFIELD, Bert P
Date of birth
1909
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Wisconsin
Hometown
Baraboo, Sauk County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36109251
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Dornot-Arnaville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 15 47

Immediate family

Members
Clifford V. Butterfield (father)
Anna S. (Verch) Butterfield (mother)
Fern D. Butterfield (brother)
Marie M. Butterfield (sister)
Hazel A. Butterfield (sister)
Forrest V. Butterfield (brother)
Edith I. Butterfield (sister)
Vera D. Butterfield (sister)
Roger F. Butterfield (brother)
James E. Butterfield (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Bert P. Butterfield enlisted in the Regular Army in Detroit, Michigan on 7 April 1941.

He worked in the Wickus Market in Baraboo.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1910/1920/1930 Census, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry division in the ETO

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