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1LT Robert Allen Butz

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1LT Robert Allen Butz Veteran

Birth
Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
26 Jun 1965 (aged 25)
Tam Kỳ, Quảng Nam, Vietnam
Burial
Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.6973306, Longitude: -75.2202
Memorial ID
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Lieutenant Butz was a graduate of Bangor High School and Muhlenberg College class of 1961. At the time of his death he was serving with the Marines on a leave of absence from Bangor high School, where he taught biology and was an assistant football coach.
He drowned trying to save his men when their tank plunged into a 12-foot hole while fording a river.
He was survived by: his parents, Frank D. Butz,Sr. and Irene (Papp) Butz, his brother Frank Jr., sisters Jean Louise and Marilyn Ann, grandmother Elizabeth Butz, widow Mildred (Murphy) Butz and son Barry R.
Lieutenant Butz was a graduate of Bangor High School and Muhlenberg College class of 1961. At the time of his death he was serving with the Marines on a leave of absence from Bangor high School, where he taught biology and was an assistant football coach.
He drowned trying to save his men when their tank plunged into a 12-foot hole while fording a river.
He was survived by: his parents, Frank D. Butz,Sr. and Irene (Papp) Butz, his brother Frank Jr., sisters Jean Louise and Marilyn Ann, grandmother Elizabeth Butz, widow Mildred (Murphy) Butz and son Barry R.

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