World War II Honoree

Elmer Franklin Dutt

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Northampton County, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Sam E. Pennartz

ENLISTED AT NEW CUMBERLAND, PENNSYLVANIA ON 24 SEPTEMBER 1941. ASSIGNED TO COMPANY M, 2ND BATTALION, 39TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 9TH INFANTRY DIVISION. BETWEEN 8 AND 12 NOVEMBER 1942, AS PART OF THE NORTH AFRICA INVASION CODE-NAMED OPERATION TORCH, THE 39TH INFANTRY LANDED ON THE BEACHES OF MOROCCO AND ALGERIA, AFRICA. THE 9TH INFANTRY DIVISION ENTERED COMBAT AS A DIVISION FOR THE FIRST TIME ON 28 MARCH 1943 IN SOUTHERN TUNISIA, WHERE BITTER BATTLES WERE FOUGHT FOR HILLS 290, 369, AND 772. HE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY KILLED IN ACTION DURING THE NORTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN. HE IS LAID TO REST AT STONE CHURCH CEMETERY, PENNSYLVANIA.