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Butler, Richard Marsh, 1919-1984

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1919 - 1984

Biographical History

Richard Marsh Butler (1919-1984) was a Major in the United States Air Force during World War II and a prisoner of war in Italy and Germany.

Richard Marsh Butler was born August 10, 1919 in Garland, Utah, the seventh of nine children of Heber Close Butler and Rose Zipporah Marsh. He graduated from Bear River High School. Richard married Geneil Miller in the Salt Lake Temple on September 4, 1942. He served in World War II as a pilot on the U.S. Air Force. In August 1943, he was captured after his plane went down over Naples, Italy, and spent at least 18 months in Italian and German prison camps. He was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving as a group leader in Chatoreau, France, a stake missionary in Las Vegas, Nevada, and in the Riverside California Stake, bishopric member (Riverside Ward), stake clerk, high councilman, stake executive secretary, and patriarch. He died in the Riverside Community Hospital on December 15, 1984 at the age of 65.

Citation:
Find a Grave, via WWW, November 14, 2016 (born August 10, 1919 in Garland, Utah; seventh of nine children of Heber Close Butler and Rose Zipporah Marsh; graduated from Bear River High School; served in World War II as pilot in U.S. Air Force; married Geneil Miller of Penrose, Utah, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on September 4, 1942; two sons and two daughters; active member of LDS Church; group leader in Chatoreau, France, stake missionary in Las Vegas, Nevada; in Riverside California Stake, bishopric member (Riverside Ward), stake clerk, high councilman, stake executive secretary, and patriarch; died in the Riverside Community Hospital on December 15, 1984, at 65).

UPB files (plane shot down over Naples, Italy, captured by Italian patrol boat; POW under Italians, then Germans from August 20, 1943 to April 29, 1945, about 20 months)

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Richard Marsh Butler papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 8849
Scope and Contents Consists of Richard Marsh Butler's personal scrapbook (including military papers, foreign cartoons and maps, photographs, letters, notes and other small personal memorabilia, a patriarchal blessing, a lock of hair, cloth swatches, pieces of Nazi stationary, postcards, foreign currency, etc.); POW items (clippings, letters, ID cards, etc.); family history papers (a historical guardianship transfer document, Butler's flight log and war diary; assorted ephemera, including U.S. and foreign...
Dates: approximately 1888-1997; Majority of material found within approximately 1933-1953
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Richard Marsh Butler papers

Richard Marsh Butler post-WWII papers, 1946-2005

 Series
Identifier: MSS 8849 Series 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Consists of Richard Marsh Butler's personal scrapbook (including military papers, foreign cartoons and maps, photographs, letters, notes and other small personal memorabilia, a patriarchal blessing, a lock of hair, cloth swatches, pieces of Nazi stationary, postcards, foreign currency, etc.); POW items (clippings, letters, ID cards, etc.); family history papers (a historical guardianship transfer document, Butler's flight log and war diary; assorted ephemera, including U.S. and foreign...
Dates: 1946-2005
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8849, Richard Marsh Butler papers

Richard Marsh Butler scrapbooks and journals, 1933-1945

 Series
Identifier: MSS 8849 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains diaries and scrapbooks created by Richard Marsh Butler during and about his time serving in WWII, including his time serving in a German prisoner of war camp. Materials dated 1933-1945.

Dates: 1933-1945
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8849, Richard Marsh Butler papers

Richard Marsh Butler WWII artifacts

 Series
Identifier: MSS 8849 Series 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Consists of Richard Marsh Butler's personal scrapbook (including military papers, foreign cartoons and maps, photographs, letters, notes and other small personal memorabilia, a patriarchal blessing, a lock of hair, cloth swatches, pieces of Nazi stationary, postcards, foreign currency, etc.); POW items (clippings, letters, ID cards, etc.); family history papers (a historical guardianship transfer document, Butler's flight log and war diary; assorted ephemera, including U.S. and foreign...
Dates: approximately 1888-1997; Majority of material found within approximately 1933-1953
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8849, Richard Marsh Butler papers

Richard Marsh Butler WWII letters, 1936-1991, bulk: 1936-1945

 Series — Box 1: Series 1; Series 3 [Barcode: 31197239235176], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 8849
Scope and Contents

Contains a partial accounts of Richard's time as a prisoner of war and German POW identification cards. Materials dated 1936-1945 and 1991.

Dates: 1936-1991; Majority of material found within 1936-1945
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8849, Richard Marsh Butler papers

Richard Marsh Butler WWII papers, 1927-1955

 Series
Identifier: MSS 8849 Series 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Consists of Richard Marsh Butler's personal scrapbook (including military papers, foreign cartoons and maps, photographs, letters, notes and other small personal memorabilia, a patriarchal blessing, a lock of hair, cloth swatches, pieces of Nazi stationary, postcards, foreign currency, etc.); POW items (clippings, letters, ID cards, etc.); family history papers (a historical guardianship transfer document, Butler's flight log and war diary; assorted ephemera, including U.S. and foreign...
Dates: 1927-1955
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8849, Richard Marsh Butler papers

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