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LARRY DON BUTLER
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 7, 1945 – September 2, 1968
Service recordLarry Don Butler, of Buena Park, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 2, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 24
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
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Born
- September 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Buena Park, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 24
- JAMES PATRICK BURNSSergeant · September 2, 1968
- WILLIAM RUSSELL BUSBYPrivate First Class · September 2, 1968
- NORMAN J CHANEYPrivate First Class · September 2, 1968
- HAROLD DUANE COLLINSCorporal · September 2, 1968
From Buena Park
- WALTER EDWIN HERRMANN IIILance Corporal · December 14, 1966
- RONALD CARL CRAPOCorporal · February 24, 1967
- DANIEL JENNINGS HOLCOMBSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER ERV HERDERICKSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- STEVEN ALLEN SOMMERSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- MARCEL ADELAR LAROCHELLECorporal · June 1, 1968
- SAMMY BURROLA JRSpecialist Four · September 25, 1968
- GLENN LOUIS SPARKSPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
- PAUL EVERETT WALLLieutenant Commander · October 16, 1969
- THEODORE FRANK BEDRAPrivate First Class · August 26, 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.