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CHARLES GILMAN BUTLER JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 25, 1947 – August 1, 1967
Service recordCharles Gilman Butler JR, of Silver Spring, Maryland, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 1, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 59
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- February 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Silver Spring, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 59
- HERMAN C BROEGELER IIILance Corporal · August 1, 1967
- DAVID JAMES CARLTONCorporal · August 1, 1967
- LEVAN ARLIN CHURCHLance Corporal · August 1, 1967
- PAUL SILVEY COLVINFirst Lieutenant · August 1, 1967
From Silver Spring
- WAYNE THOMAS LUNDELLSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- TERRY WINTERMOYERSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD LOVELance Corporal · December 5, 1965
- JOHN MICHAEL BOWERSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- WILLIAM ARTHUR STACY JRCaptain · March 21, 1966
- RICHARD CLIFTON SMITHCorporal · April 6, 1966
- RALPH SIMONPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BOEHMPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ROBERT HATCHER SWAINPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- WILLIAM ANTHONY WILKSecond Lieutenant · July 29, 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.