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Personal info

Full name
BUTLER, Ival Emmett
Date of birth
21 August 1917
Age
26
Place of birth
Shelburn, Sullivan County, Indiana
Hometown
Owensville, Gibson County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
O-753604
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
77th Fighter Squadron,
20th Fighter Group
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
18 March 1944
Place of death
18 miles off the southern tip of Texel Island, off the Dutch Coast

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
William Butler (father)
Alpha Butler (mother)
Richard Butler (brother)
Marjory Butler (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-67525
Data
Type: P-38J
Destination: Scheer, Germany
Mission: Bomber escort
MACR: 3096

More information

2nd Lt Ival E. Butler was a sales clerk.

He enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, on 4 February 1942.

2nd Lt Butler was running low on gas. He probably bailed out of his aircraft. Air-Sea Rescue had boats at the position and searched for approximately 30 minutes, but without result.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, 20th Fighter Group, WWII Memorial, National Archives, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Owensville yearbook 1934 / 1936, www.20thfightergroup.com - Mike Murray,