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EARLIE JAMES BUTLER JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 18, 1935 – March 14, 1966
Service recordEarlie James Butler JR, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 6
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- April 18, 1935
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1966
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 6E, Line 6
- WILEY COLE BIRKLANDSergeant · March 14, 1966
- MARVIN HARPERPrivate First Class · March 14, 1966
- GERALD WILFORD HEUSTONSergeant First Class · March 14, 1966
- PHIL TABBCaptain · March 14, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MARVIN HARPERPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 6
- PHIL TABBCaptain · Panel 6E, Line 6
- BILLY RAY SLADESergeant · Panel 6E, Line 8
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 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.