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Personal info

Full name
BUTTS, Edward William
Date of birth
1923
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Norton, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
14082872
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
H Company,
2nd Battalion,
222nd Infantry Regiment,
42nd Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
26 January 1945
Place of death
Near Le Neubourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 13 25

Immediate family

Members
John G. Butts (father)
Neita P. (Gardner) Butts (mother)
Charles A. Butts (brother)
Pearl W. Butts (sister)
Elizabeth Butts (sister)

More information

Pfc Edward W. Butts was a sport instructor before he volunteered for the Army of the United States at Camp Blanding, Florida on 8 August 1942.

On 25 January 1945 when a intense enemy artillery barrage endangered his vehicle, Pvt Butts voluntarily left cover and without regard to the danger to himself, moved the vehicle under heavy fire to a safe place. While doing so he was wounded in the head and body by shell fragments from which he died the next day. For this action he was awarded the Silver Star posthumously.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Sandra Leigh King Spicer Family Tree / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com - Andy
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy