Samuel Butterklee

Samuel Butterklee
Personal details
Born	1919 Vienna, Austria
Died	2019
Nativity	Austria
Religion	Jewish
Awards	Bronze Star Medal
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
Arm / service	Coast Artillery Corps
ASN	01057968
Rank	First Lieutenant
Rank at Ritchie	Second Lieutenant
Camp Ritchie	Class 15 (4 January – 3 March 1944)
Section	5B
Specialty	German IPW; military intelligence
Unit / division	26th Infantry Division (MI Teams 472-G and 475-G)
Team	MII 472-G

Awards and honors

Bronze Star Medal

Teammates

Team — MII 472-G

These are other soldiers listed on the same team roster. People moved between teams; overlapping service dates are not always documented.

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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.

Biography

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.

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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Technical record

Field	Imported value
Approx Age at Death	100
Class_ASN	57968
Class_Name	BUTTERKLEE, Samuel
match_method	asn_partial_name_exact
row_source	both

Research notes

• 472-g

Timeline

• 29 July 1943 — Commissioned as a second lieutenant (ASN 01057968).
• August 1943 — Served as a platoon officer with the 133rd AAA Gunnery Battalion.
• 4 January 1944 — Began Camp Ritchie Class 15 in German IPW.
• 29 November 1944 — Became officer in charge of MI Team 472-G, attached to the 26th Infantry Division.
• 4 January 1945 — Promoted to first lieutenant.
• 1 April 1945 — Became officer in charge of MI Team 475-G.
• 1945 — Served with military-intelligence teams during operations across Germany and into Czechoslovakia.
• 1945 — Awarded the Bronze Star Medal.

Sources

• Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
• Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
• NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
• 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Samuel Butterklee for Camp Ritchie (private research document; 2 source documents reviewed)