Aviation Machinist’s Mate First Class Robert Earl Butterbaugh (NSN: 2503915), United States Navy, was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Corregidor, Philippine Islands, on 6 May 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until returned to U.S. Military control during operations to liberate the Philippines in 1945.
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Robert
Earl
Butterbaugh
POW (WWII)
Home:
Richmond
,
California
Awards Received
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Prisoner of War Medal
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Distinguished Flying Cross
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Prisoner of War Medal
Service:
United States NavyRank:
Aviation Machinist’s Mate First ClassDivision:
Prisoner of War (Manchuria)Action Date:
May 6, 1942 – 1945
NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 1947 -
Distinguished Flying Cross
Service:
United States NavyRank:
Aviation Machinist’s Mate First ClassBatallion:
Patrol Squadron 101 (VP-101)Action Date:
December 8, 1941 – January 30, 1942
Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 358 (January 1947)(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Aviation Machinist’s Mate First Class Robert Earl Butterbaugh (NSN: 2503915), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Plane Captain of a PBY-4 in Patrol Squadron ONE HUNDRED ONE (VP-101), NAS, Sangley Point, Cavite, Philippine Islands, during action against enemy forces from 8 December 1941 to 30 January 1942.