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JOHNNIE ELMER BUTLER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 12, 1946 – May 6, 1966
Service recordJohnnie Elmer Butler, of Fair Play, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Fair Play, South Carolina (Oconee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 32
- ROBERT LEON BOSSSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- CECIL DOUGLAS BRELANDPrivate First Class · May 6, 1966
- MICHAEL F BRUNATSergeant · May 6, 1966
- DAVID CLYDE CARPENTERPrivate First Class · May 6, 1966
Same unit, same day
- TONY R ARRIAGASergeant · Panel 7E, Line 31
- BARRIE VANE BARNESSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 31
- OWEN WAYNE WORTHEYPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 38
From Fair Play
- WILLIAM RAYMOND YONGUEFirst Lieutenant · September 26, 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.