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Personal info

Full name
LETCHER, Edward O
Date of birth
12 February 1918
Age
27
Place of birth
Montgomery County, Kentucky
Hometown
Valley Station, Jefferson County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
06662786
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
37th Tank Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Ober, Daun, Darscheid or Ulmen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 13 15

Immediate family

Members
James Letcher (father)
Sarah (Faulk) Letcher (mother)
Gertrude Letcher (sister)

William H. Letcher (brother)
Vandola Letcher (sister)

Bessie Letcher (sister)
Strother E. Letcher (brother)
James S. Letcher (brother)

Gladys Letcher (sister)
Dorothy M. Letcher (sister)
Jean M. Letcher (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Edward O. Letcher joined the Regular Army on 2 March 1940.

Sgt Letcher was awarded the Silver Star Medal posthumously for gallantry in action against the enemy in Binings, France on 6 December 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Records / Kentucky Birth Index,
AAR 37th Tank Battalion Feb 45 - May 45, www.newspapers.com - The Palm Beach Post

Photo source: Peter Schouteten