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| UNIT:
36th Armored Regiment, 3rd
Armored Division |
| RANK:
Sergeant |
| BORN:
1916 |
| WHERE:
Belleville, St. Clair Co., IL |
| DIED:
August 14, 1944 |
| WHERE:
France |
| CAUSE
OF DEATH: Killed in Action near
Joue-du-Bois, France |
| BURIED:
Brittany American Cemetery - St.
James, France |
| MARKER:
Military |
|
|
 Sgt. Wm. R. Vetter, 28, son
of Wm. Vetter, Morris Hills, R.R. 2 died August
14 as a result of wounds received in combat
somewhere in France, according to a telegram
received by his father from the War Department,
Thursday, September 7.With an Armored Infantry regiment,
Vetter was inducted into the service on January
29, 1942, at Scott Field, being sent later to
Camp Polk, Louisiana, for basic training. He
arrived in England a year ago, and was shipped to
France in June. He was awarded the Combat
Infantry Medal sometime in July.
Vetter graduated
from CTHS in 1934, and was last employed at Scott
Field.
The last letter
received from Sgt. Vetter by his father was dated
August 9, and stated he was feeling fine and
remarked about the French people wearing wooden
shoes.
Besides his
father, Sgt. Vetter is survived by two sisters,
Mrs. John Wrigley and Mrs. Arthur Kohler, both of
this city.
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Sgt. Wm. R.
Vetter
