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Personal info

Full name
DUTCHER, Roy Benson
Date of birth
18 October 1905
Age
39
Place of birth
Slide Mountain, Ulster County, New York
Hometown
Walton, Delaware County, New York

Military service

Service number
32854605
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
393rd Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 March 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 4 47

Immediate family

Members
Benson E. Dutcher (father)
Margaret E. (Parker) Dutcher (mother)
Carroll P. Dutcher (brother)
Elizabeth H. Dutcher (sister)
Arnold Dutcher (brother)
Ralph E. Dutcher (brother)
Patricia (Burghart) Dutcher (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Roy B. Walton worked in the Loveless Restaurant in Ulster County and later, just before he entered the service, for the Kayser Mill.

He enlisted on 2 April 1943. He trained at Camp Robinson, Arkansas and Camp Fannin, Texas. He underwent two operations for which he stayed in hospital from 3 January until 15 April 1944. He was sent overseas on 29 September 1944.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, They Speak: The Voices of Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, www.newspapers.com - Kingston Daily Freeman, www.newspaperarchive.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Honoring Their Lives