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Vernon Emery Balch, the son of Dight and Letah (Hackett) Balch, was born on August 8, 1923, in Clymer, Pennsylvania. In 1940, he relocated to Schenectady to work for General Electric.
On February 16, 1943, Vernon enlisted in the United States Army. He underwent training at Camp McCain in Mississippi, Camp Pickett in Virginia, and Fort Meade in Maryland. He held the rank of Private First Class and served with the 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division. On March 7, 1945, Vernon was killed in combat in Germany. He is buried in the Henri Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial, Belgium.
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