The 35th Infantry Regiment Association salutes our fallen brother, PFC Woodrow Wilson Butler Sr., who died in the service of his country on February 4th, 1945 in Luzon, The Philippines. The cause of death was listed as KIA. At the time of his death Woodrow was 31 years of age. He was from Kentucky.

The decorations earned by PFC Woodrow Wilson Butler Sr. include: the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, the Asiatic-Pacific Service Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal.

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Woodrow was a native of Kentucky and living in Clark Co. Indiana when he enlisted. He was married and a jack hammer operator in civilian life.

Burial:
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial

Woodrow Butler ( born 07 Oct 1912 Harned, Breckinridge County, Kentucky), a resident of Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, at the time he married Elizabeth Margaret Payton (14 Oct 1940, Jefferson, Kentucky,); Woodrow was the son of John H Butler and Mary J Mayberry; she was the daughter of Clarence S Payton and Ruby Lee Ackridge.; Woodrow and Elizabeth moved to Sellersburg Clark County, Indiana before his son was born.

Woodrow W. Butler (1912 Kentucky) enlisted as a Private in the U.S. Army (S/N 35691685) on 23 December 1942 in Indiana. He was married, had completed Grammar School, One child Woodrow Butler Jr.; born, 29 May 1942