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DAVID EUGENE BUTTRY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 8, 1948 – July 6, 1969
Service recordDavid Eugene Buttry, of Berea, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 69
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Berea, Kentucky (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 69
- RONALD WILLIAM CARDONAStaff Sergeant · July 6, 1969
- THOMAS RUSSELL COLLINS JRSpecialist Four · July 6, 1969
- JAMES LEE DAVISPrivate First Class · July 6, 1969
- RODNEY JEROME DELISLEPrivate First Class · July 6, 1969
From Berea
- MARCUS DELMAR WHITESpecialist Four · February 11, 1967
- KENNETH ALLENSergeant · December 28, 1967
- ROBERT GLENN GALLOWAYSpecialist Four · June 2, 1968
- HUGH MCNEIL BYRD JRCaptain · January 9, 1969
- CHARLES HOWARD RICHIEPrivate First Class · November 18, 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.