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DONALD LEROY BUTE
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
July 19, 1946 – May 1, 1967
Service recordDonald Leroy Bute, of Streator, Illinois, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 1, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 3
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- July 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Streator, Illinois (La Salle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 3
- JOHN HOWARD BAILEYSergeant · May 1, 1967
- JAMES B BELL JRStaff Sergeant · May 1, 1967
- LEYBURN W BROCKWELL JRLieutenant Colonel · May 1, 1967
- EDWARD WALLACE BROWN JRSergeant First Class · May 1, 1967
From Streator
- HERALD LEE DELANEYPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- TIMOTHY MCKEE HAMILTONSergeant · May 17, 1968
- CHARLES HAROLD SCHAEFERFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1969
- RONALD LEE MUNSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1969
- PAUL BURNELL WOOLFORDSergeant · November 10, 1969
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.