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Personal info

Full name
CUTLER, Benjamin Morris
Date of birth
October 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Montgomery County, Kansas
Hometown
Montgomery County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
O1031235
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 April 1945
Place of death
Aschaffenburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 13 17

Immediate family

Members
Guy E. Cutler (father)
Elsie S. Cutler (mother)
Catherine M. Cutler (sister)
Bernice M. Cutler (sister)
Marilyn (Crum) Cutler (wife)

More information

1st Lt Benjamin M. Cutler joined the National Guard in Coffeyville, Kansas on 23 December 1940.

He attended 1 year of college and was a clerk.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Cutler Family Tree / 1920 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com – Doc Wilson
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Doc Wilson