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DENNIS LEE BUTLER
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 31, 1950 – January 5, 1971
Service recordDennis Lee Butler, of Mendon, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 31, 1950
- Home of record
- Mendon, Michigan (St Joseph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 26
- WINSTON BUTLER JRStaff Sergeant · January 5, 1971
- DONALD MARTIN CRAMERChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 5, 1971
- RAYMOND R ENYEART JRSpecialist Five · January 5, 1971
- HOWARD WAYNE GIPSONSpecialist Four · January 5, 1971
From Mendon
- JAMES HAROLD HILYARDPrivate First Class · August 11, 1968
- RUSTON LEE BAKERLance Corporal · August 18, 1968
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.