Archibald Butt
Disaster victim
1865 – 1912
Who was Archibald Butt?
Archibald Willingham DeGraffenreid Clarendon Butt was an American journalist and United States Army officer. After a short career as a newspaper reporter, he served two years as the First Secretary of the American embassy in Mexico. He was commissioned in the United States Volunteers in 1900 and served in the Quartermaster Corps during the Philippine Insurrection. He gained notice for his work in logistics and animal husbandry, and received a commission in the regular United States Army in 1901. After brief postings in Washington, D.C., and Cuba, he was appointed military aide to Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. He died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic.
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- Born
- Sep 26, 1865
Augusta - Education
- Sewanee, The University of the South
- Lived in
- Augusta
- Died
- Apr 15, 1912
RMS Titanic - Resting place
- Arlington National Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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