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DONALD RAY BUTLER
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 30, 1943 – September 12, 1968
Service recordDonald Ray Butler, of Morehead, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 12, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 35
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 30, 1943
- Home of record
- Morehead, Kentucky (Rowan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1968; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 35
- MICHAEL RICHARD BALDWINSergeant · September 12, 1968
- EUGENE RUSSELL BOYCEPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- BRUCE WADLEIGH BROWNFirst Lieutenant · September 12, 1968
- DONALD RAY CRAVENPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID COURTNEY DAHLINSergeant · Panel 44W, Line 36
- LEONARD JOSEPH LIPAROTOPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 38
- JOSEPH MACONPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 39
- KENNETH ALBERT WEDMANSpecialist Five · Panel 44W, Line 43
From Morehead
- DWIGHT DALE JONESSpecialist Four · February 7, 1967
- KENNETH ALLEN HARDINStaff Sergeant · April 9, 1968
- BRUCE EDWARD THOMASSpecialist Four · September 25, 1970
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.