Robert J. Butala

Era: World War II

Military Branch: Army

Robert J. Butala

Mr. Butala inducted into the Army on December 12, 1942, at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Home at entry: McKinley, Minnesota.

He served as a Private First Class and mechanic with Company C of the 209th Engineer Combat Battalion in Burma, East Indies, India-Burma, and Central Burma.

Awarded: Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with four bronze battle stars, World War II Victory Medal, and four overseas service bars

Honorably discharged October 30, 1945, at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin.

Source: Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War II Project, page 48.

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