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DOUGLAS HOLMAN BUTTERFIELD
Captain · U.S. Air Force
October 30, 1940 – June 5, 1967
Service recordDouglas Holman Butterfield, of Vista, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 5, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 57
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 30, 1940
- Home of record
- Vista, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 57
- CLYDE DOUGLAS SHELTON JRSpecialist Four · June 4, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL ASTLEYPrivate First Class · June 5, 1967
- JAMES PHILLIP BURNSPrivate First Class · June 5, 1967
- EDWARD A CABRERACorporal · June 5, 1967
From Vista
- JOHN WALLACE TUNNELLLieutenant Commander · June 20, 1966
- JEROME EDDIE WALLY JANSENSpecialist Four · August 20, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD KINNARDSpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
- JAMES OSCAR HALL JRPrivate First Class · June 21, 1969
- KAYLE DEAN HENDERSONSergeant · July 6, 1969
- DAVID WILLIAM FELKNERSergeant · January 11, 1970
- KIRK LESLIE RAUCHSpecialist Four · August 3, 1970
- KENNETH CLIFFORD NOKESSpecialist Five · September 27, 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.