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Butler, Robert Andrew

Date of birth:
June 17th, 1916 (Kane/Pennsylvania, United States)
Date of death:
November 15th, 1957 (Alaska, United States)
Buried on:
Golden Gate National Cemetery
Plot: T. Grave: 1600.
Nationality:
American (1776 - present, Republic)

Biography

Enlisted: 17 February 1941
384th Bomber Group, Heavy
Shot down / Prisoner of War
13 april 1944
Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia, Bavaria
Liberated 31 mei 1945

Major Robert Butler was killed in a B-29 crash.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
384th Heavy Bombardment Group, U.S. Army Air Forces

Second AM received as bronze oak leaf cluster
Air Medal (AM)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
384th Heavy Bombardment Group, U.S. Army Air Forces

Third AM received as second bronze oak leaf cluster
Air Medal (AM)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
384th Heavy Bombardment Group, U.S. Army Air Forces

Second PH received as bronze oak leaf cluster
Purple Heart

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