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CLAIR BERNARD BUTZ
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 24, 1938 – January 6, 1970
Service recordClair Bernard Butz, of Ford City, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 6, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 3
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Nuclear, Biological, And Chemical (Nbc) Specialist (54E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 24, 1938
- Home of record
- Ford City, Pennsylvania (Armstrong County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1970
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 3
- RICHARD F BRANT JRPrivate First Class · January 6, 1970
- CHARLES CLARK CHAPINSpecialist Four · January 6, 1970
- JOHN ALBERT DEROOSpecialist Four · January 6, 1970
- GARY HAROLD GARNERPrivate First Class · January 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES CLARK CHAPINSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 3
- JOHN ALBERT DEROOSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 3
From Ford City
- WILLIAM DENNI BREIGHTMYERPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- KEITH DARRELL HEFFNERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1971
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.