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DEWEY RENEE BUTLER
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 15, 1949 – July 14, 1969
Service recordDewey Renee Butler, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 14, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 116
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 21W, Line 116
- GEORGE LESSIE BUTTSPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- WARREN CHARLES DEYERMONDSpecialist Four · July 14, 1969
- THOMAS MOODY FELTONMajor · July 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ERNEST DOOM BURNSChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 21W, Line 115
- THOMAS MOODY FELTONMajor · Panel 21W, Line 116
- RAY GENE DAVISSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 117
- JAMES HOWARD SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 117
- RALPH ALVIN WELLINGHOFFCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 122
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.