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DONALD H BUTTERWORTH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 16, 1947 – June 25, 1969
Service recordDonald H Butterworth, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 12
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1969; ten of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 12
- KRIS BLUMERPrivate First Class · June 25, 1969
- JAMES HILLARY DANKOWSKISpecialist Four · June 25, 1969
- MARK JOHN DEFRANGESergeant · June 25, 1969
- WILLIAM MICHAEL ELBRACHTFirst Lieutenant · June 25, 1969
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.