VIRTUAL MEMORIAL HALL

    1st Battalion, 27th Marines

    2 honorees
    LTCOL JOHN A. BUTLER, USMC

    John Butler

    Class of 1934
    Lieutenant Colonel | US Marine Corps
    April 5, 1945 (34 years old)
    KIA Pacific Iwo Jima 1st Battalion, 27th Marines WWII Ground Navy Cross USNA 3rd Company
    2LT ALAN A. KETTNER, USMC

    Alan Kettner

    Class of 1967
    2nd Lieutenant | US Marine Corps
    April 3, 1968 (23 years old)
    KIA 1st Battalion, 27th Marines Vietnam Ground USNA 28th Company