The Wall › Panel 54W › California › John Michael Butts
JOHN MICHAEL BUTTS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 31, 1948 – July 1, 1968
Service recordJohn Michael Butts, of Covina, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 1, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 27
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Covina, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 27
- RICHARD FLOYD BURNHAM JRSpecialist Four · July 1, 1968
- LESLIE LOUIS CARTERPetty Officer First Class · July 1, 1968
- TERRY LEE COGGINSPrivate First Class · July 1, 1968
- JAMES LARRY CROCKETTStaff Sergeant · July 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM T ANDERSEN JRSergeant First Class · Panel 54W, Line 25
- PETER JASON ANGLECorporal · Panel 54W, Line 26
- HENRY JOSEPH OKUSKY JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 54W, Line 31
- ROBERT JAMES ROSSSergeant · Panel 54W, Line 32
From Covina
- RICHARD LAVERN BISHOPSergeant · October 1, 1966
- DONALD WARD EVANS JRSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- MELVIN GLEN MOFFETTCorporal · February 5, 1967
- TERRY GENE HEEKINSecond Lieutenant · March 2, 1967
- RICHARD EUGENE FERGUSONLance Corporal · August 30, 1967
- WALTER EDWARD MURPHY JRSpecialist Four · December 12, 1967
- STANLEY GRANT STRONGCorporal · March 6, 1968
- MICHAEL KENNETH HARESpecialist Five · March 30, 1968
- FRANK MICHAEL DENARDO JRPrivate First Class · October 24, 1968
- JOSE ANTONIO OLLIVIERPetty Officer Second Class · February 23, 1969
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.