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JAMES MICHAEL BUTLER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
November 18, 1946 – July 24, 1970
Service recordJames Michael Butler, of Pensacola Beach, Florida, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 24, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 48
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- November 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Pensacola Beach, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 48
- ROBERT LOUIS BOLANMaster Sergeant · July 24, 1970
- HARRY JULIAN BORTPetty Officer Second Class · July 24, 1970
- BILLY BRUCE BULLCorporal · July 24, 1970
- STEVEN LEE FAWBUSHCorporal · July 24, 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.