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Personal info

Full name
BUTTIMER, James Michael
Date of birth
15 January 1924
Age
21
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36734327
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 April 1945
Place of death
Breitenbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 36 19

Immediate family

Members
James Buttimer (father)
Josephine (Ahern) Buttimer (mother)

More information

Pvt James M. Buttimer graduated from Loyola Academy (Illinois) in 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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Lambe Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – MAJ Jimmy Cotton

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – MB Ligh Kumar / Edna Mode, www.ancestry.com – Timothy Teddy, www.ancestry.com - Loyola Academy, Wilmette, Illinois Yearbook 1946