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Personal info

Full name
BUTLER, Melvin Emro
Date of birth
16 April 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Lawrence County, Illinois
Hometown
Lawrenceville, Lawrence County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
15382826
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
48th Tank Battalion,
14th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 November 1944
Place of death
Valff, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 38 47

Immediate family

Members
Walter J. Butler (father)
Julia Butler (mother)
Gertrude Butler (sister)
George Butler (brother)
Junior Butler (brother)
Robert Butler (brother)
Dorothy Butler (sister)
Mable Butler (sister)
Bernice Butler (sister)
Eunice I. Butler (wife)

More information

T/5 Melvin E. Butler attended high school for one year.

He volunteered for the Army of the United States at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 10 December 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920, 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://14thad.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy