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Robert E. Butch, the son of Bernard and Catherine (Mathews) Butch, was born on July 8, 1924, in Schenectady, New York. He received his diploma from St. Joseph's Academy. Robert entered the military while a junior at Siena College.
Robert enlisted in the United States Army in May 1943 and attended Fort Benning, Georgia for his basic training. He held the rank of Private and served with the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. Robert was killed in action on January 10, 1945, during the Battle of the Bulge. He is buried in the Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial, Luxembourg.
Sources: The Schenectady Gazette, Find A Grave, Ancestry
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
For the Fallen
Laurence Binyon