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HERBERT HAMBLY BUTT JR
Major · U.S. Army
September 11, 1936 – January 29, 1968
Service recordHerbert Hambly Butt JR, of Williamsburg, Virginia, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1968, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 11, 1936
- Home of record
- Williamsburg, Virginia (Williamsburg (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1968; he was the only one lost in Vinh Binh Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 59
- ROBERT NELSON BARBERYSergeant · January 29, 1968
- CHARLES AVERY DELLINGERPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- RICHARD EMERSON DENNY JRPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- ROBERT BLAIR ENGLAND IIPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
From Williamsburg
- GLENN DILL MANNFirst Lieutenant · November 23, 1965
- CHARLES MILLS SHELDONCaptain · April 8, 1966
- WILLIAM LOUIS STEWART JRSpecialist Five · October 8, 1967
- CHARLES CHAPLIN HALE JRPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- DAN SELLMAN HICKSSpecialist Four · March 7, 1968
- RAYMOND PAUL DELUCASpecialist Four · June 27, 1968
- TALMADGE HORTON ALPHIN JRStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1968
- KERNELL PERSONE BRADSBYPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
- JOHN RICHARD CHAPMANStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1970
- TERRY ALAN PALMFirst Lieutenant · July 14, 1970
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.