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Photographer: J. J. Prats
Taken: April 8, 2017
Caption: First Lieutenant Charles King Butler
Additional Description: HMM-364, MAG-16, 1st MAW, United States Marine Corps.

March 30, 1945 to December 28, 1969

Chip was raised on Rugby Road and attended First United Methodist Church. He graduated from Lane High School in 1963 where he was friends with Charlie Crenshaw and Roy Clements. He joined the Air Force ROTC at East Carolina University and also Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity. Chip married Mary L. Johnson of Morganton, North Carolina and became a USMC UH-45 helicopter pilot. He died on a night mission when his instruments failed, crashing into a mountain near Hai Van Pass.

First Lieutenant Butler received two Distinguished Flying Crosses for exceptional heroism, the Air Medal, the National Defense Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal, and the Vietnam Campaign Medal. Chip Butler is buried at Olive Branch Cemetery in Gasburg, VA.
Submitted: April 15, 2017, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.
Database Locator Identification Number: p380267
File Size: 1.398 Megabytes

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