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GARY RICHARD BUTTS
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 26, 1950 – May 25, 1969
Service recordGary Richard Butts, of Woodlyn, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 101
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Woodlyn, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 178 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 101
- THOMAS RANDOLPH MCCORMICKCaptain · May 10, 1969
- BYRLE BENNETT BAILEYPrivate First Class · May 25, 1969
- LARRY EUGENE BOYERCorporal · May 25, 1969
- GARY DON CARTERCorporal · May 25, 1969
- JIMMY KERMIT CHURCHPrivate First Class · May 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARIO LAMELZACorporal · Panel 24W, Line 104
- RALPH ALLAN VITCHSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 108
From Woodlyn
- ROBERT JAMES SCHATZMANPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD MCGUIGONPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- JOHN JEROME MILLER JRWarrant Officer 1 · September 25, 1971
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.