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JERRY EUGENE BUTTS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 28, 1946 – August 15, 1967
Service recordJerry Eugene Butts, of Long Beach, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 111
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Long Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 111
- RONNIE D BEETSSpecialist Four · August 14, 1967
- GEORGE ALAN ZOMBERGSergeant · August 14, 1967
- GLENN CHARLES BAERPrivate · August 15, 1967
- WILLIAM EMANUEL BAKERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1967
- LARRY EARL BOWMANLance Corporal · August 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ELDRIE MILLIGANPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 114
- VALENTINE DANIEL UNCAPHERPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 115
From Long Beach
- PETER ANTHONY SEMMERPrivate First Class · February 11, 1965
- RICHARD GRAHAM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- IVAN JOSEPH BROYLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RICHARD EYRE CROWELance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- FRANZ GERHARD PREDIGERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT BOSHPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- MICHAEL PAUL MCCONAHAYPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- EDMOND SANMARCOSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- MARSHAL LYNN HORTONSpecialist Four · December 25, 1966
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.