Butcher, Leo W.
Army Technical sergeant

Leo W. Butcher, age 20, from Madison County Illinois.

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Saturday, August 7, 1943
Death details: Killed in an airplane crash in New Guinea. He was aboard C-47-DL “Eagle Beaver” when it crashed into Cleveland Bay about 20 minutes after takeoff.

Source: National Archives, Belleville News Democrat (1948), Saint Louis Globe Democrat (1943)