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LINNELL BUTLER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 1, 1947 – March 7, 1969
Service recordLinnell Butler, of Wagener, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 65
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Wagener, South Carolina (Aiken County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1969; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 65
- DALE EDWARD GREENWOODPrivate First Class · March 7, 1969
- CLARENCE ALVIN HECKMANLance Corporal · March 7, 1969
- STEVEN HOWARD JOHNSONSergeant · March 7, 1969
- VICTOR JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · March 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENTON ELWOOD HENNINGERSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 63
- ORANGE GOODINGSergeant First Class · Panel 30W, Line 64
- ROGER JAMES MAZALSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 67
- JOHN HAYDEN WESTPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 67
- JOHN ASDRUBAL RIVERASpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 69
- ROGER JAMES SPENCESergeant · Panel 30W, Line 70
- TERRANCE LEE WEANTSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 70
From Wagener
- ISAIAH SAMUELSPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- ALLEN HOWELL CLARKStaff Sergeant · July 29, 1971
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.