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WALTER ERNEST BUTSCH,
BUGLER, was the son of Ernest and Gertrude Butsch, of 620
North
5th Street, in
Camden NJ. Both his parents had been born in Germany, and had come to
America in their teens. Ernest Butsch had served in the United States
Navy from 1881 through 1884, and later worked as a letter carrier in
Camden. The family was living at 620
North
5th Street as early as 1897.
When he registered for the draft in June
of 1917, Walter Butsch
was working for the City of Camden as a "gasoline engine
expert". He was living at with his parents and sisters at 620
North
5th Street in North Camden.
Walter Butsch was drafted in
September of 1917, he was sent to Camp Dix NJ, and
went to France with his unit, Company K of the 311th Infantry Regiment, on May 20, 1918.
He had been promoted from Private to Bugler on February 1, 1918.
William Butsch was wounded
at Lancon, near Grand Pre, France, on October 20, 1918 during the battle
of the Argonne Forest. He was carried to a base hospital set up in a
partially shell wrecked church at Vichy by Sergeant Theodore Roller, a
comrade, where he died seven days later. William Butsch was 24 years old,
and was survived by his parents, and younger sisters Bertha and Lillian,
all of the North
5th Street address.
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