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GALE W BUTCHER JR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
February 14, 1949 – January 8, 1970
Service recordGale W Butcher JR, of Hayward, California, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1970, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 11
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Hayward, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1970; seven of them were lost in Kien Phong Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 11
- WILLIAM EDWARD BARNESSpecialist Four · January 8, 1970
- STEVEN MERLE BROWNChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 8, 1970
- WILLIAM L CAMPBELL JRLance Corporal · January 8, 1970
- DAVID WILLIAM COPPERNOLLCaptain · January 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EDWARD BARNESSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 11
- STEVEN MERLE BROWNChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 14W, Line 11
- XAVIER GOMEZCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 12
- KENNETH THOMAS KLEPPINSpecialist Five · Panel 14W, Line 13
From Hayward
- RICHARD C AMATOPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD CLEMENTSLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH HEALCorporal · February 28, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE SKARPHOLSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- DOUGLAS HUDSON MCCALLPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- RICHARD TYRONE BROWNPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- ALLEN BARTLEY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · May 20, 1967
- GERALD RUSSELL HENRYLance Corporal · July 7, 1967
- LEVAN ARLIN CHURCHLance Corporal · August 1, 1967
- SANFORD SHROUT JRLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
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.