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GARY RICHARD BUTTENBAUM
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 4, 1944 – May 9, 1967
Service recordGary Richard Buttenbaum, of Spotswood, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 9, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 69
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- January 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Spotswood, New Jersey (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1967; 25 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 69
- JOHN EDWARD YOUNGLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- RICHARD RAYMOND BEANLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- DANIEL STEPHEN BETTENCOURTCorporal · May 9, 1967
- THOMAS JOSEPH CASEPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
From Spotswood
- JAMES BROOKS HEFFRONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1966
- OTTO WILLIAM BAUMANN JRPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
- DENNIS CRANECorporal · June 15, 1968
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.