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| |arm_or_service=Coast Artillery Corps | | |arm_or_service=Coast Artillery Corps |
| |birth_place=Vienna, Austria | | |birth_place=Vienna, Austria |
| |rank_final=Col | | |rank_final=1st Lt |
| | |specialty=German IPW; military intelligence |
| | |division=26th Infantry Division (MI Teams 472-G and 475-G) |
| | |years_of_service=1943–1945 |
| | |awards=Bronze Star Medal |
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| '''Samuel Butterklee''' (1919–2019) was a United States Army Second Lieutenant who trained at [[Camp Ritchie]], Maryland, in [[Class 15]]. | | '''Samuel Butterklee''' (1919–2019) was a United States Army officer who trained at [[Camp Ritchie]] in [[Class 15]] and served with military-intelligence teams of the 26th Infantry Division. |
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| == Biography == | | == Biography == |
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| | Samuel Butterklee was born in Vienna, Austria. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant on July 29, 1943 (ASN 01057968), and served as a platoon officer with the 133rd AAA Gunnery Battalion. He began Camp Ritchie Class 15 in January 1944 and later served in military intelligence with the 26th Infantry Division. |
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| | In November 1944 Butterklee became officer in charge of MI Team 472-G. He was promoted to first lieutenant in January 1945 and was later assigned as officer in charge of MI Team 475-G. The timeline places his teams with the 26th Infantry Division during the campaign across Germany and into Czechoslovakia. His documented wartime award is the Bronze Star Medal. |
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| * 6/22/1919 Born in Vienna, Austria. Religion: Jewish. (Dan Gross private research timeline; SAMUEL BUTTERKLEE - TIME LINE.doc, page unknown; paragraph 4)
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| * 7/29/1943 Commissioned as 2nd Lt. (ASN: 01057968). (Dan Gross private research timeline; SAMUEL BUTTERKLEE - TIME LINE.doc, page unknown; paragraph 9) | | * 29 July 1943 — Commissioned as a second lieutenant (ASN 01057968). |
| * 7/29/1943 Commissioned as 2nd Lt. (ASN: 01057968). (Dan Gross private research timeline; SAMUEL BUTTERKLEE - TIME LINE.doc, page unknown; paragraph 9) | | * August 1943 — Served as a platoon officer with the 133rd AAA Gunnery Battalion. |
| * 1/4/1944 Started Class 15 (IPW Ge). (Dan Gross private research timeline; SAMUEL BUTTERKLEE - TIME LINE.doc, page unknown; paragraph 13) | | * 4 January 1944 — Began Camp Ritchie Class 15 in German IPW. |
| * 9/7/1944 [The 104th Infantry Regiment, 26th Infantry Division were the first. (Dan Gross private research timeline; SAMUEL BUTTERKLEE - TIME LINE.doc, page unknown; paragraph 20)
| | * 29 November 1944 — Became officer in charge of MI Team 472-G, attached to the 26th Infantry Division. |
| * 11/29/1944 Assigned as Officer in charge of MI Team 472-G attached to. (Dan Gross private research timeline; SAMUEL BUTTERKLEE - TIME LINE.doc, page unknown; paragraph 23) | | * 4 January 1945 — Promoted to first lieutenant. |
| * Sec as of 2 Dec”. 1/4/1945 “Promotion to 1st Lt.”. (Dan Gross private research timeline; SAMUEL BUTTERKLEE - TIME LINE.doc, page unknown; paragraph 31) | | * 1 April 1945 — Became officer in charge of MI Team 475-G. |
| * 4/1/1945 Assigned as Officer in Charge of MI Team 475-G, consisting of. (Dan Gross private research timeline; SAMUEL BUTTERKLEE - TIME LINE.doc, page unknown; paragraph 32) | | * 1945 — Served with military-intelligence teams during operations across Germany and into Czechoslovakia. |
| * 8/1943 Platoon Officer with 133rd AAA Gunnery Battalion. (Dan Gross private research timeline; SAMUEL BUTTERKLEE - TIME LINE.doc, page unknown; paragraph 10) | | * 1945 — Awarded the Bronze Star Medal. |
| * ? 26th Infantry Division. (Dan Gross private research timeline; SAMUEL BUTTERKLEE - TIME LINE.doc, page unknown; paragraph 46)
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| * ? Second Armored Division. (Dan Gross private research timeline; SAMUEL BUTTERKLEE - TIME LINE.doc, page unknown; paragraph 45)
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| * Argentina to Cherbourg). They fought in the Battle of Lorraine, the Bulge, across Germany to Czechoslovakia]. (Dan Gross private research timeline; SAMUEL BUTTERKLEE - TIME LINE.doc, page unknown; paragraph 22)
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| * Bronze star. (Dan Gross private research timeline; SAMUEL BUTTERKLEE - TIME LINE.doc, page unknown; paragraph 60) | |
| * D-Day 4th Infantry Division (17th Regiment ?). (Dan Gross private research timeline; SAMUEL BUTTERKLEE - TIME LINE.doc, page unknown; paragraph 44)
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| * Did interrogations, including Sgt who worked at Peenemunde. (Dan Gross private research timeline; SAMUEL BUTTERKLEE - TIME LINE.doc, page unknown; paragraph 53)
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| * HQ Company, 26th Infantry. Other members of MI Team 472-G:. (Dan Gross private research timeline; SAMUEL BUTTERKLEE - TIME LINE.doc, page unknown; paragraph 24)
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| * Journal entries for 26th Infantry Division in Box 7109, RG 407:. (Dan Gross private research timeline; SAMUEL BUTTERKLEE - TIME LINE.doc, page unknown; paragraph 29)
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| * Pvt (later T/5) Bohumir J. Pleva (1915-1945). (Dan Gross private research timeline; SAMUEL BUTTERKLEE - TIME LINE.doc, page unknown; paragraph 28)
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| == Sources == | | == Sources == |