page_title: Henry W. Butner
section_title: Death and legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Henry W. Butner / Death and legacy
caption_attribution_description: USS General H. W. Butner (AP-113) underway, date and location unknown.
context_page_description: Henry Wolfe Butner was a United States Army general in World War I and onetime commanding officer of Fort Bragg. A native of North Carolina, Butner graduated in the top half of the United States Military Academy Class of 1898. He became an artillery officer and was sent to France with the American Expeditionary Force during World War I. In the last month of the war Butner commanded an artillery brigade after promotion to brigadier general. After attending the United States Army War College, he led the United States Army Field Artillery School, the 24th Field Artillery Regiment, Fort Bragg, and Fort Eustis. Promoted to major general in early 1936, Butner took command of the Panama Canal Department. He suffered a stroke while golfing in late 1936, and died at Walter Reed Army Hospital in March 1937.
context_section_description: Butner had a slight stroke while playing golf in December 1936, and was sent to Walter Reed Army Hospital, where he died on 13 March 1937. Butner was buried in the Arlington National Cemetery.
  In 1944, a ship was named after him. Camp Butner near Durham, North Carolina—today the site of the town of Butner, North Carolina—was named for him.
caption: USS General H. W. Butner (AP-113) was launched in 1944.
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