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GORDON BUTLER
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 1, 1948 – September 29, 1968
Service recordGordon Butler, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 29, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 39
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 1, 1948
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 39
- ARTHUR BLAKE CREWSSergeant · September 24, 1968
- WERNER CURT BROWN IIFirst Lieutenant · September 29, 1968
- FRANK EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · September 29, 1968
- TERRY BUCKLES DAYLance Corporal · September 29, 1968
- VAN LESLIE DURHAMSpecialist Four · September 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MERLIN EUGENE MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 42
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 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.