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Personal info

Full name
BUTCHER, Eustace Jr
Date of birth
25 May 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Huntington, Cabell County, West Verginia
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36870339
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 December 1944
Place of death
Near Utweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 11 9

Immediate family

Members
Eustace Butcher (father)
Letha V. (Morrison) Butcher (mother)

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Cabell County Family Ties, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com - GraveWalkers
Photo source: www.ancestry.com – Candie Freeman