News About Men in Service From Over Northeast Iowa
Eldora—Mrs. John L. Butler had a telegram Wednesday from her husband, Capt. John L. Butler, announcing his arrival in the United States after spending nearly two years in north Africa, which he entered with the invasion forces.
Source: Waterloo Daily Courier, April 23, 1944
John Louis Butler was born July 8, 1912 to Louis Edward and Bessie Zathoe Lundy Butler. He died May 13, 1999 and is buried in Eldora City Cemetery, Eldora, IA.
Capt. Butler served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com