Butler, William Wallace, Capt

Deceased

Service Photo

Service Details

80 kb

View Shadow Box

View Printable Shadow Box

View Time Line

Last Rank
Captain

Last Primary AFSC/MOS
1021A-Pilot

Last AFSC Group
Aircrew

Primary Unit
1973-1974, Headquarters Command (HQ USAF)

Service Years
1963 - 1974

Officer srcset=

Captain

Last Photo

Personal Details

19 kb

Home State

California

California

Year of Birth
1941

This Military Service Page was created/owned by SSgt Robert Bruce McClelland, Jr. to remember Butler, William Wallace, Capt.

If you knew or served with this Airman and have additional information or photos to support this Page, please leave a message for the Page Administrator(s) HERE.

Contact Info

Home Town Los Angeles, California	Last Address Los Angeles, California
Date of Passing Mar 11, 2013
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia	Wall/Plot Coordinates Section 55, Site 4208

Official Badges

US Air Force Honorable Discharge

Unofficial Badges

Cold War Medal

Military Associations and Other Affiliations

Nam-POWS

National Cemetery Administration (NCA)

Air Force Memorial (AFM)


	1973, Nam-POWS
	2013, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)
	2016, Air Force Memorial (AFM) - Assoc. Page

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

In Oct-Nov 1967 he engaged in actions that earned him 2 Silver Stars and 7 DFC's. He spent 1,942 days in captivity and earned commendations for his behavior as a POW. He became a veterinarian after his USAF service.

Other Comments:

Sources:
www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi
www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi
www.veterantributes.org/TributeDetail.php
www.pownetwork.org/bios/b/b111.htm
militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php

Various Air Missions over North Vietnam
From Month/Year January / 1965	To Month/Year May / 1973
Description Various Air Missions and sorties over North Vietnam

My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year January / 1967	To Month/Year December / 1967

Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020

Personal Memories

My Photos From This Battle or Operation

No Available Photos

155 Also There at This Battle:

Abbott, Joseph S., Lt Col, (1954-1977)

Allen, Thomas Ray, Maj, (1963-1967)

Aman, Earl David, Lt Col, (1961-1981)

Apodaca, Victor Joe, Maj, (1961-1967)

Armstrong, Larry Dean, Col, (1951-1978)

Austin, Charles David, Maj, (1965-1967)

Austin, Joseph Clair, Col, (1948-1967)

Avolese, Paul Andrew, Maj, (1953-1967)

Backus, Kenneth Frank, Capt, (1960-1967)

Badley, James Linsday, 1st Lt, (1965-1968)

Ballsmith, James, Maj, (1957-1977)

Bancroft, William Warner, 1st Lt, (1967-1970)

Bare, William Orlan, Maj, (1965-1967)

Baugh, William Joseph, Col, (1956-1981)

Bennett, William George, Col, (1950-1967)

Biediger, Larry William, Col, (1953-1967)

Bluford, Guion Stewart, Col, (1964-1993)

Brazik, Richard, Capt, (1965-1967)

Broughton, Jacksel Markham, Col, (1945-1968)

Burdett, Edward Burke, Brig Gen, (1943-1967)

Burgess, James, Lt Col, (1966-1987)

Butler, William, Sgt, (1965-1969)

Capling, Elwyn Rex, Col, (1952-1968)

Cappelli, Charles Edward, Lt Col, (1956-1967)

Caras, Franklin Angel, Col, (1956-1967)

Chute, Clarence Wellwood, MSgt, (1951-1976)

Claflin, Richard Ames, Maj, (1963-1967)

Clapper, Gean Preston, CMSgt, (1955-1967)

Clark, Arthur, Capt

Conley, Eugene Ogden, Lt Col, (1944-1967)

Cooper, William Earl, Col, (1942-1966)

Corbitt, Gilland Wales, Col, (1943-1967)

Crossman, Gregory John, Maj, (1963-1968)

Darcy, Edward Joseph, CMSgt, (1956-1967)

Dardeau, Oscar Moise, Col, (1953-1967)

Davies, Joseph Edwin, Maj, (1962-1968)

Day, George Everett, Brig Gen, (1942-1977)

DeGraaf, Leland, Sgt, (1966-1970)

Derrickson, Thomas Gardner, Lt Col, (1959-1967)

Dethlefsen, Merlyn Hans, Col, (1954-1977)

DiDia, Frank, MSgt, (1957-1978)

Doby, Herb, Lt Col, (1953-1967)

Dramesi, John Arthur, Col, (1955-1982)

Dudash, John Francis, Col, (1950-1967)

Earll, David John, Lt Col, (1960-1966)

Eckley, Wayne Alvin, CMSgt, (1954-1967)

Estey, Ron, A1C, (1964-1968)

Evert, Lawrence Gerald, Lt Col, (1962-1967)

Fieszel, Clifford Wayne, Lt Col, (1963-1968)

Flynn, John Peter, Lt Gen, (1943-1978)

Ford, David Edward, Lt Col, (1953-1985)

Fuller, William Otis, Maj, (1957-1967)

Goodman, Russell Clemensen, Maj, (1956-1967)

Grenzebach, Earl Wilfred, Col, (1954-1967)

Griffin, Tom, TSgt, (1966-1986)

Griffith, William C., SSgt, (1952-1972)

Grubb, Peter Arthur, Capt, (1964-1967)

Guttersen, Laird, Col, (1943-1974)

Hagerman, Robert Warren, Col, (1942-1967)

Hall, Donald Joe, CMSgt, (1955-1967)

Hamm, James, CMSgt, (1962-2005)

Hardy, John Kay, Capt, (1964-1967)

Hartney, James Cuthbert, Col, (1945-1968)

Hauer, Leslie John, Col, (1950-1967)

Hebdon, Walter [Cecil], SSgt, (1961-1969)

Hensell, Ron, Capt, (1965-1971)

High, Richard P., Col, (1965-1988)

Hoeksema, Peter P., Lt Col, (1960-1980)

Holcombe, Kenneth E., Capt

Hopper, Earl Pearson, Lt Col, (1965-1968)

Hornaday, Ralph Jefferson, Capt, (1962-1968)

Horne, Stanley Henry, Col, (1943-1968)

Huneycutt, Charles Jerome, Maj, (1965-1967)

Irwin, Robert Harry, Lt Col, (1960-1972)

James, Daniel, Gen, (1942-1978)

Jefcoat, Carl Herbert, Lt Col, (1958-1980)

Jones, Donald R., MSgt, (1960-1980)

Jones, William, SMSgt, (1960-1980)

Jones, William Eugene, Maj, (1962-1968)

Kerr, Michael, Lt Col, (1964-1992)

Kilcullen, Thomas Michael, Capt, (1964-1967)

Knapp, Herman Ludwig, Col, (1951-1967)

Kozej, Freddie, Maj, (1955-1979)

Lamb, Allen T., Lt Col, (1958-1978)

Lane, Charles, Capt, (1963-1967)

Leftwich, Dalton Lee, Lt Col, (1946-1970)

Lehnhoff, Edward William, Lt Col, (1959-1967)

Leonard, Edwin Patrick, Col, (1942-1974)

Lillund, William Allan, Maj, (1960-1967)

Linardo, Robert, SSgt, (1966-1978)

Lodge, Robert Alfred, Maj, (1964-1972)

Lunsford, Herbert Lamar, Col, (1954-1967)

Maddox, Notley Gwynn, Col, (1953-1967)

Martin, John Murray, Lt Col, (1955-1967)

McClelland, Marc, M., Brig Gen, (1954-1987)

McDaniel, Morris Larosco, Col, (1950-1967)

McKeithen, Lex, Capt, (1964-1973)

Mercer, Pollard Hugh, Maj, (1955-1968)

Midnight, Francis Barnes, Capt, (1964-1967)

Miller, Carl Dean, Col, (1952-1967)

Copyright Togetherweserved.com Inc 2003-2011