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BENNY LEE BUTLER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 26, 1946 – May 17, 1967
Service recordBenny Lee Butler, of Humboldt, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 17, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 13
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- December 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Humboldt, Illinois (Coles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 13
- MICHAEL L BRAEUTIGANSpecialist Four · May 17, 1967
- EDWARD ORAN CLAEYSPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- LARRY ANTHONY CRISCISpecialist Four · May 17, 1967
- MARVIN EUGENE CUTRERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
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.