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DAVIS CARROLL BUTCHER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 12, 1947 – May 14, 1969
Service recordDavis Carroll Butcher, of Houston, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1969, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 2
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 2
- ROBERT ERIC BELTSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- DAVID BRUNERSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- THOMAS EDWARD BUMGARNERStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1969
- LEONARD BALDOMIR CASTILLOSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE KEITH SCHALTENBRANDCaptain · Panel 24W, Line 12
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.