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Personal info

Full name
BUTTERFIELD, Warren G
Date of birth
17 November 1920
Age
22
Place of birth
Salmon, Lehmi County, Idaho
Hometown
Salmon, Lehmi County, Idaho

Military service

Service number
39831659
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Right Waist Gunner
Unit
331st Bombardment Squadron,
94th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 October 1943
Place of death
South of Essey-et Maizerais, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 8 72

Immediate family

Members
Elmer W. Butterfield (father)
Delia E. (Clausen) Butterfield (mother)
Wallace Butterfield (brother)
Beatrice Butterfield (sister)
Maria L. Butterfield (sister)
Scott T. Butterfield (brother)
Bruce Butterfield (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-3338
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Sleepy Time Gal
Destination: Schweinfurt, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the ball bearing plants
MACR: 791

More information

Sgt Warren G. Butterfield enlisted in Pocatello, Idaho on 22 August 1942.

In the Individual casualty questionaire, Left Waist Gunner Sgt. Robert W. Thomas stated that Warren Butterfield never bailed out because he was badly wounded or already dead.

He is remembered at the City Cemetery of Salmon, Lemhi County, Idaho.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census, www.fold3.com - MACR, http://www.8thafhs.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Barbara Haines / David M. Habben