☆☆～ World War II - Killed in Action ～☆☆
Served in the U.S. Army, 502nd Paratroop Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, from June 20, 1942 to June 11, 1944
The 502nd was dropped by parachute near Ste. Mère-Eglise, France the night prior to the invasion, charged with securing roads and hindering the German effort to reinforce the beach. Corporal Butz was killed by enemy machine gun fire during the Normandy invasion on 11 June 1944.
He was originally buried in France. In 1948, he was reinterred with full military honors near his home in the cemetery of Salem Methodist Church, East Texas, Pennsylvania.
☆☆～ World War II - Killed in Action ～☆☆
Served in the U.S. Army, 502nd Paratroop Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, from June 20, 1942 to June 11, 1944
The 502nd was dropped by parachute near Ste. Mère-Eglise, France the night prior to the invasion, charged with securing roads and hindering the German effort to reinforce the beach. Corporal Butz was killed by enemy machine gun fire during the Normandy invasion on 11 June 1944.
He was originally buried in France. In 1948, he was reinterred with full military honors near his home in the cemetery of Salem Methodist Church, East Texas, Pennsylvania.
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"Cpl. 502nd Parachute Regt. 101st Airborne Div. World War II"
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