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KENNETH ALLAN BUTLER JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 7, 1947 – July 23, 1968
Service recordKenneth Allan Butler JR, of Willits, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- October 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Willits, California (Mendocino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 38
- JOHN FRANKLIN BOBBPetty Officer First Class · July 23, 1968
- HARRY LEWIS BOYLESergeant First Class · July 23, 1968
- DOUGLAS DALE CHANEYFirst Lieutenant · July 23, 1968
- DANNY EUGENE DEESESpecialist Five · July 23, 1968
From Willits
- CLINTON BLAIR FACKRELLSergeant · April 13, 1966
- LEE AARON ADAMSFirst Lieutenant · April 19, 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.