SGT Andrew Butterworth

Pea Ridge, AR

Mission Accomplished on July 20, 2024

Andrew Butterworth grew up hearing stories from three of his grandparents who served during World War II. After high school, inspired to continue his family’s legacy of military service, he enlisted in the 82nd Airborne Division, serving on active duty for four years before joining the North Carolina Army National Guard as an Infantryman.

On Nov. 15, 2004, Sergeant Butterworth was on patrol in Northern Iraq with C Company, 1st Battalion, 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, when two rocket propelled grenades (RPGs) struck his vehicle. SGT Butterworth lost his right leg and sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the blast.

Andrew and his wife, Julia, are proud parents to Jana, William “Hudson”, and Henry. Andrew is a certified sky-diver and plays wheelchair softball. He also enjoys riding motorcycles, an interest he shares with Julia, also an amputee from a birth defect. The pair connected through mutual friends when Julia wanted help researching adapted motorcycles.

Their former non-adapted home presented challenges with getting outside with the children, particularly on days when rest and recovery in a wheelchair was necessary. A specially adapted custom HFOT home with automatic doors and paved walkways allows wheelchair access to the outside of the home. The home also provides Andrew with the space to have a metal workshop for future business plans.

Originally from Missouri, Andrew chose to build his home in Northwest Arkansas to be close to family.

Andrew is grateful to HFOT’s donors and supporters for providing his family with the gift of an HFOT home. “Thank you for this amazing opportunity which will fill the daily needs of our family and give my wife and I the ability to have a home that will enable us to focus on our family and health.”

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