[HCARC] Fwd: Funeral for Former POW/Remains Recovered: Billy Joe Butler, Kerrville Resident

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FYI...
Korean POW, Kerrville resident, funeral and military burialfollowing identification of remains...
73DonW4WJ

From: tking at gillespiecounty.org
To: tking at gillespiecounty.org
Sent: 7/8/2019 10:43:54 AM Central Standard Time
Subject: Funeral for Former POW/Remains Recovered: Billy Joe Butler, Kerrville Resident


Hi Veterans,

 

Thank you to Frank Walker for this notification.  

 

The remains of Billy Joe Butler, POW, were returned from North Korea recently and he was a Kerrville resident.   

 

Funeral Services will take place on Friday, July 26, 2019 at 10AM in the main chapel at Kerrville Funeral Home, 1221 Junction Highway, Kerrville TX 78028. Internment will follow at Nichols Cemetery with full military honors.



Directions to the Nichols Cemetery:   It is on Junction Hwy between Kerrville and Ingram.  Coming from Kerrville it is on the left.  Look for large stone pillars with a large metal arch with the words Nichols Cemetery at the entrance.  This is the link:  https://www.google.com/maps/dir/1221+Junction+Hwy,+Kerrville,+TX+78028/nichols+cemetery+kerrville+tx/@30.0660638,-99.2104503,14z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x865be28ce0aa4ae7:0x65ad97e357cf9f69!2m2!1d-99.1691845!2d30.0608659!1m5!1m1!1s0x865958f4022e2983:0x6ba23d7ad26d939f!2m2!1d-99.2174567!2d30.0710801!3e0

 

Below is the obituary:

 

 

| Billy Joe Butler
April 13, 1931 - January 27, 1951 |
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WASHINGTON-- The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Cpl. Billy J. Butler, 19, of Kerrville, Texas, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for on April 29, 2019.


In late 1950, Butler was a member of Company C, 2nd Engineer Combat Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division, engaged in combat operations against the enemy near Kujang, North Korea. On Nov. 28, 1950, his unit's defensive positions were attacked and he was captured by the Chinese People's Volunteer Force (CPVF.) 


Following the war, returning American prisoners reported that Butler died in January 1951, at the prisoner of war camp in Pukchin-Tarigol, North Korea, known by some as Hofong Camp. On March 15, 1954, the U.S. Army declared Butler deceased as of Jan. 27, 1951.

On July 27, 2018, following the summit between President Trump and North Korean Chairman Kim in June 2018, North Korea turned over 55 boxes, purported to contain the remains of American service members killed during the Korean War. The remains arrived at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii on Aug. 1, 2018, and were subsequently accessioned into the DPAA laboratory for identification.



To identify Butler's remains, scientists from DPAA used anthropological analysis, as well as circumstantial and material evidence. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis.

Today, 7,652 Americans remain unaccounted for from the Korean War. Using modern technology, identifications continue to be made from remains that were previously returned by Korean officials, recovered from Korea by American recovery teams, or disinterred from unknown graves. Butler's name is recorded on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, along with the others who are missing from the Korean War. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.

For family contact information, contact the Army Casualty office at (800) 892-2490.

A visitation will take Thursday, July 25, 2019 from 5PM-7PM 

Funeral Services will take place on Friday, July 26, 2019 at 10AM in the main chapel at Kerrville Funeral Home, 1221 Junction Highway, Kerrville TX 78028. Internment will follow at Nichols Cemetery with full military honors.

Arrangements are under the direction and personal care of the professionals at Kerrville Funeral Home (830) 895-5111.

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Thank you,
 

 

Tami King, U. S. Navy Retired

Accredited VA Representative: Texas Veterans Commission, VFW, 

American Legion, National Assoc. of County Veterans Service Officers

Gillespie County Veterans Service Officer

102 E. San Antonio St., Suite B   Fredericksburg, TX  78624             

Office: (830)997-3758         Email:  tking at gillespiecounty.org

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