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JOHN HENRY BUTCHER JR
Sergeant Major · U.S. Army
June 28, 1923 – April 16, 1967
Service recordJohn Henry Butcher JR, of Richmond, California, served as a Sergeant Major in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 33
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
- Sergeant Major (SGM)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Senior Sergeant (67Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 335 TRANS CO 1 LOG CMD
- Born
- June 28, 1923
- Home of record
- Richmond, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1967
- Age
- 43
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “335 TRANS CO 1 LOG CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 33
- BENJAMIN LUTHER BARRICKSpecialist Four · April 16, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER DAREING BRINEPrivate First Class · April 16, 1967
- MARVIN ZION BROCK JRCorporal · April 16, 1967
- DAVID MICHAEL CHANEYAirman First Class · April 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID HELRIEGELSpecialist Five · Panel 18E, Line 35
From Richmond
- WILLIAM ROBERT MOORELance Corporal · December 16, 1965
- EDWARD N LEONARDPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOSE YBANEZSpecialist Five · May 17, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY BROTZMANSpecialist Four · January 13, 1967
- VINCENT ALBERT RAMIREZPetty Officer Third Class · April 13, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL AKSTINCorporal · May 12, 1967
- DAVID ALAN ROBINCorporal · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL SIDNEY MITCHELLPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- WILLIAM RAYMOND HUNTFirst Sergeant · November 27, 1967
- BOBBY DON CARVERPetty Officer First Class · December 6, 1967
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.