Steven A. Butler

Private 1st Class Butler was Killed In Action while stationed primarily near Da Nang, Vietnam serving with K Company, 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine Division, FMF. He died unselfishly defending his unit when it came under heavy fire by a reinforced North Vietnamese Army Company in the vicinity of Quang Tri, Vietnam. Steven is merited with the Rifle Marksman Badge, the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, the Meritorious Unit Commendation, the Combat Action Ribbon, 2 Purple Hearts for wounds sustained in April and then in July, 1968. The latter injury resulted in Steven's death. Posthumously, Steven was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Combat V for Heroic Achievement by the President of the United States.