Name:
Leslie Monroe Butcher
Rank:
Private First Class
Serial Number:
35760523
Unit:
117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1944-08-29
State:
West Virginia
Cemetery:
Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-Sur-Mer, France
Plot:
A
Row:
2
Grave:
30
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Leslie Monroe Butcher was born on July 22, 1925, in Belpre, Ohio. He served in the 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division, as a Private First Class during World War II. He was Killed in Action on August 29, 1944, and is now buried in the Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-Sur-Mer, France. His name is commemorated on the Liberation of Vexin monument in Fontenay-Saint-Père, but his middle initial is inscribed as E.