BUTLER, PHILLIP NEAL

Name: Phillip Neal Butler
Rank/Branch: O3/United States Navy
Unit: VA 22
Date of Birth: 11 August 1938
Home City of Record: Tulsa OK
Date of Loss: 20 April 1965
Country of Loss: North Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 192000 N 1052700E
Status (in 1973): Returnee
Category:
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: A4C
Missions: 13

Other Personnel in Incident: none


Official pre-capture photo

Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK March 1997 from one or more of the
following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with
POW/MIA families, published sources, personal interviews.  2023

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Phillip Butler retired from the United States Navy as a Commander. He and
his wife Barbara reside in California.

 

 
https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/local/pow-mia-day-tulsa-native-one-of-america-s-longest/article_87f86801-0846-5ec3-940c-3c645a6a4b91.html

I had no clue,” said Butler, one of the longest-held POWs in U.S. history, ... the Tulsa World in advance of
National POW/MIA Recognition Day Friday.
 
07/13/19
CC: two more NAM POWs will be inducted into the Oklahoma Military Hall of Fame...to join Robbie Risner, Bill Talley, and Bill Schwertfeger:
 
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