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DONALD B BUTTON
Captain · U.S. Air Force
February 26, 1934 – May 24, 1968
Service recordDonald B Button, of Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 24, 1968, in Thailand, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 67E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 67E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- February 26, 1934
- Home of record
- Charleston, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1968
- Age
- 34
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1968. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 67E, Line 5
- CLARENCE JAY BALDWINPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- JAMES DAVID BOWERSCorporal · May 24, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES BURKHARTSpecialist Four · May 24, 1968
- FRANCHOT TONE CALHOUNPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- RICHARD ALLAN CARLSONCorporal · May 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES P BIRKSAirman · Panel 67E, Line 4
From Charleston
- CLARENCE LARRY MOORERCaptain · December 12, 1963
- THEODORE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1965
- CHARLES GALE DUSINGChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- EARL CLAYTON GRAHAMSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- HAROLD T EDMONDSON JRCorporal · January 30, 1966
- JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · February 5, 1966
- BURTON ALEXANDER BLANTONCaptain · March 30, 1966
- WALTER H ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- HAROLD MACK JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 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.