FORT WORTH, TX, USA U.S. Army CPL, TROOP B, 2D SQUADRON, 1ST CAVALRY, FORT LEWIS, WA KHAN BANI SA`D, IRAQ 07/20/2007
Rhett Allen Butler, 22, an Army corporal, died Friday, July 20, 2007, in Khan Bani Sa’d, Iraq.
Rhett was born Oct. 17, 1984, in Clifton. He graduated from Glen Rose High School in 2003 and joined the U.S. Army a year later. He was assigned to 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team) stationed at Fort Lewis, Wash.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Lecile and Sammie Williams Stewart.
Survivors: Mother, Sereta Ramsey of San Angelo; father and stepmother, Dr. David and Janice Butler of Lago Vista; sisters, Shayre Strickland and husband, Fred Jr., of Christoval, Shawna Conway of Glen Rose; stepbrother, Jarrett Ganer of Houston; stepsister, Melissa Ganer of Lago Vista; grandparents, John and Kay Butler of Atlanta, Ga., Ernest and Jackie Drake of Glen Rose; three nephews; and one niece.