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ALBERT CHARLES BUTLER
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
November 8, 1927 – March 22, 1969
Service recordAlbert Charles Butler, of Florence, Mississippi, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 9
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 8, 1927
- Home of record
- Florence, Mississippi (Rankin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1969
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1969; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 9
- CLARENCE HENRY BOOLINSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- JOHN RALPH BRANDBORGSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- TONY LEE BUHOLTZFirst Lieutenant · March 22, 1969
- WILLIS CORMIERSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY DEAN BALDWINCaptain · Panel 28W, Line 7
- ALBERT MANUEL MENDOZACorporal · Panel 28W, Line 11
From Florence
- WILLIE HARPER JRPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
- EARNEST SHELBY WARDPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- RONALD CLIFTON WEEMSSergeant · February 22, 1969
- GEORGE OLIVER BOATWRIGHTSpecialist Four · February 16, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.