" After his father, Henry Winfield Butler, died in 1905 at the young age of 35, Alyn and his widowed mother Louise, moved from Penryn to Roseville where his mother found employment with the Southern Pacific railroad as a clerk. Alyn grew up on Royer street attending the local schools while his mother worked to support herself and her son. When the United States entered World War I, Alyn decided to enlist and trained at Camp Kearney. Within three weeks of arriving in France with the CO M 110th Infantry, he was killed in action as the River Vesle on September 5, 1918, just two months before the Armistice was signed on November 11, 1918 ending the war. The Alyn W. Butler Post No. 169 was created and is located on the eastern end of Royer Park in Roseville. According to an article in the Roseville and Granite Bay Press Tribune (8/23/2012), in 1939 the U.S. military returned the remains of Alyn Butler (the only local man killed in action during World War I) to Roseville for burial with full military honors. Alyn's mother continued working for the Southern Pacific Railroad until 1940. She died in 1954 and is buried in Roseville Cem."
" After his father, Henry Winfield Butler, died in 1905 at the young age of 35, Alyn and his widowed mother Louise, moved from Penryn to Roseville where his mother found employment with the Southern Pacific railroad as a clerk. Alyn grew up on Royer street attending the local schools while his mother worked to support herself and her son. When the United States entered World War I, Alyn decided to enlist and trained at Camp Kearney. Within three weeks of arriving in France with the CO M 110th Infantry, he was killed in action as the River Vesle on September 5, 1918, just two months before the Armistice was signed on November 11, 1918 ending the war. The Alyn W. Butler Post No. 169 was created and is located on the eastern end of Royer Park in Roseville. According to an article in the Roseville and Granite Bay Press Tribune (8/23/2012), in 1939 the U.S. military returned the remains of Alyn Butler (the only local man killed in action during World War I) to Roseville for burial with full military honors. Alyn's mother continued working for the Southern Pacific Railroad until 1940. She died in 1954 and is buried in Roseville Cem."
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