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JIMMIE JOE BUTLER
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 4, 1946 – November 1, 1969
Service recordJimmie Joe Butler, of Bernie, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 1, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 11
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Bernie, Missouri (Stoddard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 11
- MURRAY JOHN WYMANCaptain · October 31, 1969
- ARTHUR BURTON BENGENFirst Sergeant · November 1, 1969
- STANLEY ALTON BROWNFirst Lieutenant · November 1, 1969
- OLIVER COLEMAN JRFirst Lieutenant · November 1, 1969
From Bernie
- JOHN DAVID MCCLUSKEYWarrant Officer 1 · May 9, 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.