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DAVID LEROY BUTLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 22, 1949 – January 15, 1971
Service recordDavid Leroy Butler, of Sacramento, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1971, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 44
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 44
- DONALD WAYNE SMITHSpecialist Four · January 14, 1971
- RUDOLPH CALVIN THOMASStaff Sergeant · January 14, 1971
- EDGAR LEO WEST JRPrivate First Class · January 14, 1971
- BILLY RAY ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · January 15, 1971
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
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.