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CHARLES KING BUTLER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 30, 1945 – December 28, 1969
Service recordCharles King Butler, of Charlottesville, Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 28, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 102
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-46 Qualified (7562)
- Born
- March 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Charlottesville, Virginia (Charlottesville (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 102
- OTIS CARTHAGE JRCorporal · December 28, 1969
- ROGER DALE COXCorporal · December 28, 1969
- WILLIAM NEAL CUNNINGHAMSergeant · December 28, 1969
- ROBERT LEWIS EMERYSergeant · December 28, 1969
From Charlottesville
- GRANDVILLE R JONES JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- JOHN DEVON TYLERSergeant · July 21, 1966
- ERSKINE BUFORD WILDEPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- HARVEY MULHAUSERCaptain · January 31, 1967
- DOUGLAS DELANO WALLACEPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- HOWARD ESLIE HOLLARPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD MARSHALLWarrant Officer · November 25, 1968
- JAMES MARION KARDOSPrivate First Class · September 4, 1969
- ROBERT HOYT RUGGLESPrivate First Class · January 21, 1970
- RICHARD THOMAS CARTERSpecialist Four · January 23, 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.