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SGT Frank J Butorac

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SGT Frank J Butorac

Birth
Washington, USA
Death
30 May 1945 (aged 22)
Okinawa, Japan
Burial
Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA Add to Map
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Sgt. Frank J. Butorac, 39192476, Company B, 306th Infantry Regiment, 77th Infantry Division. Killed in Action on 30 May 1945 at the Shuri Castle on Okinawa by a gun shot wound to the back. Born on 6 June 1922, he entered the service on 17 October 1942 from Aberdeen, Washington.
The fighting on Okinawa was some of the most brutal of the war on any Front. The fighting at the Shuri Castle was among the most brutal of the Okinawa Campaign. Sgt. Butorac had received the Combat Infantryman's Badge before his death.

He is buried at the Fern Hill Cemetery, Aberdeen, Washington. He was 22 years old.
Sgt. Frank J. Butorac, 39192476, Company B, 306th Infantry Regiment, 77th Infantry Division. Killed in Action on 30 May 1945 at the Shuri Castle on Okinawa by a gun shot wound to the back. Born on 6 June 1922, he entered the service on 17 October 1942 from Aberdeen, Washington.
The fighting on Okinawa was some of the most brutal of the war on any Front. The fighting at the Shuri Castle was among the most brutal of the Okinawa Campaign. Sgt. Butorac had received the Combat Infantryman's Badge before his death.

He is buried at the Fern Hill Cemetery, Aberdeen, Washington. He was 22 years old.



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