Button, Charles James
Navy Seaman 2nd class

Charles James Button from Cape Girardeau County Cape Girardeau, Missouri .

Parents: William H. Button

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, March 1, 1942
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Houston when the ship was attacked traveling from Batavia to Java.
Cemetery: Manila American Cemetery

Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, USSHouston.org, Charleston Democrat (1942)