The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Leland Louis Buttler
Rank
Corporal, U.S. Air Force
Unit
93 BOMB SQ 19 BOMB WING
Date of Death
March 29, 1951
Corporal Buttler was a crew member of a B-29A Superfortress Bomber with the 93rd Bomber Squadron, 19th Bomber Wing. On March 29, 1951, while on a combat mission, his aircraft lost two engines over the East China Sea, northwest of Okinawa and crashed. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.