John Butler - Military

Military

  • John Butler, colonel of a cavalry regiment in the New Model Army's original order of battle
  • John Fitzhardinge Paul Butler VC DSO (1888–1916), English soldier
  • John Clarence Butler (1921–1942), U.S. naval aviator
    • USS John C. Butler (DE-339), ship named in his honor

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