WWII

John Pershing "Johnnie" Butler

Rate / Rank
S SGT

Birthdate
May 22 1919

Date of Death
December 8 1944

Branch
US Army

Active Duty Service
January 8 1942 - December 8 1944

Conflicts & Campaigns

European Theater of Operations

Significant Duty Stations

399th Infantry Regiment, 100th Infantry Division

Decorations & Citations

Purple Heart (KIA Lemberg, France, 1944); Silver Star Medal
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal

Notes

US Army service number 34-099-90. Born; Whigham, Grady County, Georgia. Brother of Sergeant Paul D. Butler US Army. Burial; Plot B Row 12 Grave 53, Lorraine American Cemetery, St. Avold, France.